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Lot 133

A Roman Marble Portrait Bust of a General

Lot 133

A Roman Marble Portrait Bust of a General

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Estimate$8,000 – $12,000

Status

Closed

A Roman Marble Portrait Bust of a General

Circa 1st Century B.C. to 1st Century A.D.

Height 22 x width 14 1/2 inches.

Property from the Collection of Piraneseum

Provenance:

The Estate of an English Archaeologist, originally acquired by the 1950s.

Private Collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Kaminski Auctions, Massachusetts, 30 December 2017, Lot 5924.

Note:

The bust is draped in a paludamentum or military cloak fastened by a fibula on the left shoulder and a sword sheath strap across the chest.

Intact as preserved. High surface ware and erosion. Elements of face, such as the cheek bone, and the bust, such as the himation, are well preserved. Modern cleaning to head and most of the bust. Some patina and encrustation on the upper head and proper right shoulder. Base modern and not integral. Overall fine stable condition.

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Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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A Roman Marble Portrait Bust of a General

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