Antiquities of the Garden: A Collector's Living Ancient World

Provenance:

Asfar & Sarkis, Beirut, 1950-1960s. [With copy of 1934 trade license]

Private Collection, Europe and Asia, 1980s.

Art Market, London.

Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired from the above in 2009.

Inspected under UV light and 10x loupe. Minor scratches, fissures, and chips throughout. Some deposits surrounding the eye inlays. Weathering to bitumen and marble and oxidation to bronze. Proper left hand reattached, along with a section of the proper left base façade. Fine organic veining visible throughout the surface. Overall in fine and attractive condition. See additional images. Affixed to stand. Height with stand 69 cm.

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