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Sold for (Inc. bp): £936
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (291 grams total, 18.5 cm high including stand).
A hollow-form figural group comprising an advancing old King Priam with his right arm raised, wearing a belted tunic and a diadem, hair arranged in orderly locks; behind him a smaller figure of a soldier wearing a plumed Pseudo-Attic helmet; the hand of the warrior is holding the old king; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
PROVENANCE:
Private Swiss collection, 1971.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. relief with the death of Priam, in the Museum of Fine Art of Boston, accession no.04.15.
FOOTNOTES:
The scene probably represents the old King Priam's plea to Achilles' son, Neoptolemus, to spare his son Polites, whom the Greek warrior is about to kill. It is made in a strong classical style with precise costume details, such as the royal diadem, the long sleeved Phrygian-type tunic and the king's belt.
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