Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating - 17th April 2024
Lot 611
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG BOY
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £42840
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Description
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG BOY
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
possibly a young Bacchus, with a downcast expression, one eye slightly closed, wearing a laurel crown, on a late 17th / early 18th century bust carved with toga drapery, mounted on a later marble socle, the back inscribed with an inventory number '47', old damages and repairs
58.2cm high
Provenance
Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.
From the Estate of the late 6th Earl of Roseberry and his family.
Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., Mentmore House Sale, 18th May 1977, lot 202 where it was bought by Peter Morris and Derek Parker.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.