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LOT 0127
Roman Marble Head of a Satyr
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (519 grams, 88 mm).
A marble bust of a youthful satyr of Praxitelic type with fillet to the brow, tousled hair and rounded facial features with stern expression.
Provenance
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11632-199025.
Literature
For similar Roman copies of Praxiteles's satyr, see the Walters Art Gallery, MA, inv. no. 23.22; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, acc. no. 08.258.43; the British Museum, London, 1838, 1231.1; cf. Scrinari, V.S.M., Sculture Romane di Aquileia, Roma, 1972, nos.111-112; Stewart, A., Greek Sculpture, Yale, 1990, p.280, no.498; Pasquier A., Martinez, J.L., Praxitele, Paris, 2007, pp.270-275.
Footnotes
The head appears to be a copy of the Praxitelian type known as 'The Satyr pouring a Drink'. The head, realised with sensitivity, but technically and stylistically academic, could be dated to the first half of the 2nd century A.D.
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LOT 0127
Roman Marble Head of a Satyr
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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