Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 30th March 2022

Lot 338

AN ITALIAN PORPHYRY AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE GRAND TOUR BUST OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR HADRIAN

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £2750

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Description

AN ITALIAN PORPHYRY AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE GRAND TOUR BUST OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR HADRIAN

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, 20TH CENTURY

his tunic carved with a serpent headed gorgon Medusa, on a turned serpentine marble column

the bust: 61.3cm high, 56cm wide

marble column: 114.2cm high

Provenance

From the estate of the late Marguerite Littman.