Roman Marble Bust of a Kouros

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

8 5/8 in. (4.1 kg, 22 cm high).

Carved in the half-round as a bust of a kouros youth with soft features and tiered hair hanging in hanks to the sides of the clean-shaven face; flat to the reverse.

Provenance

Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11959-209638.

Literature

Cf. similar figure in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1878,0120.1.

CONDITION

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LOT 0148