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Ancient Art & Natural History: A Cabinet of Curiosities
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- Sale 1099
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Sale 1099
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Estimate$25,000 – $35,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, France.
Private Collection, Belgium, acquired in the 1950s.
Charles Ede, London, 2007 (Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone, no. 12, Inv. no. 7665).
Sotheby's, New York, Egyptian, Classical & Western Asiatic Antiquities, 5 June 2013, Lot 38.
Art Loss Register nos. S00008131, S00035928, S00062131 & S00075655.
[accompanied with copy of a French Ministry of Culture export certificate, no. 033084]
Exhibited:
Basel Ancient Art Fair (BAAF), 2-7 November 2007.
For comparative examples based on the Greek original of the 4th Century B.C., see L. Budde and R. Nicholls, A Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Sculpture in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Cambridge, 1967, p. 26-27, pl. II, no. 49 and H. Stuart Jones, A Catalogue of the Ancient Sculptures. The Sculptures of the Museo Capitolino, Oxford, 1912, p. 69f, pl. 13, no. 18.
Inspected under 10x loupe and UV light. Intact as preserved. The figure's head is lost. Additional loses include part of the proper left hoove and right shin. Minor chips and gashes throughout. Encrustation and brownish, slightly dirty patina. No obvious restoration. Affixed to stand with steel rod. Hight with stand 36 inches (91 cm).
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Jacob Coley
Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Antiquities and Ancient Art
