Lot 1886 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday, 20. September 2023, 10.00 AM
HEAD OF A GIRL
Roman, probably Cyrenaica, 1st half of the 1st century A.D.
White marble worked all-around with sintering. Frontal depiction of a woman's head with a center parting and a headband tied into a chignon at the back of her head. On a later plinth.
H without plinth 24 cm.
Nose missing, forehead, hair and lips chipped. Hole at the top of the head and small hole at the chignon.
Provenance:
- Simon Aaron, London, February 2000 (according to Galerie Cahn).
- Galerie Cahn, Basel, February 2004.
- Triple Gallery (Klassik Pur. Exhibition 23 May - 30 June 2007), Bremgarten bei Bern., No.: 8 with illustrations.
- Galerie Cahn Auctions, 19 September 2008, Lot No. 249.
With an expert opinion by Dr. Prof. Willers, Ostermundigen, 14 February 2007, who dates the head to the Late Republic and places it geographically in Rome or Ostia.
Literature: M. D. Fullerton, The archaistic style in Roman statuary, Leiden, 1990, fig. 8.
Provenance:
- Simon Aaron, London, February 2000 (according to Galerie Cahn).
- Galerie Cahn, Basel, February 2004.
- Triple Gallery (Klassik Pur. Exhibition 23 May - 30 June 2007), Bremgarten bei Bern., No.: 8 with illustrations.
- Galerie Cahn Auctions, 19 September 2008, Lot No. 249.
With an expert opinion by Dr. Prof. Willers, Ostermundigen, 14 February 2007, who dates the head to the Late Republic and places it geographically in Rome or Ostia.
Literature: M. D. Fullerton, The archaistic style in Roman statuary, Leiden, 1990, fig. 8.
CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)
Sold for CHF 9 375 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.