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LOT 0623
Roman Terracotta Figure of King Priam
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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