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3 juillet 2011

A pair of Italian 17th century carved white marble and alabaster fiorito busts of Julius Caesar and Hadrian after the Antique.

A pair of Italian 17th century carved white marble and alabaster fiorito busts of Julius Caesar and Hadrian after the Antique. Photo Bonhams each Roman Emperor depicted facing frontally, with white marble head above fiorito alabaster-veneered drapery...

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Tags: Marble, 17th century, Italian, roman emperor, Hadrian, Julius Caesar, alabaster fiorito

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8 décembre 2010

Roman Imperial Marble Bust Sells for a Staggering $23.8 Million @ Sotheby's

Sale of antiquities from The Collection of Clarence Day totals $ 36,769,250, four times the high estimate. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Tonight at Sotheby’s , A Marble Portrait Bust of the Deified Antinous, Roman Imperial, Reign of Hadrian, Circa...

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Tags: Marble, Antinous, Roman Imperial, Reign of Hadrian

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31 octobre 2010

Iconic Cycladic Marble Reclining Female Figure to Be Offered for the First Time Ever at Auction

A Cycladic marble reclining female figure. Name-piece of the Schuster Master, Early Cycladic II, circa 2400 B.C. 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm) high. Estimate: $3-5 million. Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of a Cycladic...

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Tags: Marble, 2400 B.C., Cycladic II, Cycladic idol

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4 juillet 2010

Recently Acquired "Green Lady" Returns to Yale University Art Gallery

Pre- and post-conservation images of Figure of a Woman, Roman, 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D. Marble. Yale University Art Gallery, Purchased with the Ruth Elizabeth White and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., B.A. 1913, Fund. NEW HAVEN, CT.- The Yale University...

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Tags: Marble, Roman, Yale University Art Gallery, 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., “Green Lady”

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15 mai 2010

Sotheby's to Sell Rediscovered Antiquity from The Collection of Lorenzo de' Medici

A Marble Torso of an Emperor, probably Augustus, Tiberius or Claudius, Roman Imperial, Julio Claudian, 1st Half of the 1st Century A.D. Est. $800,000/1.2 million. Photo: Sotheby's NEW YORK, NY.- On 11 June 2010 Sotheby’s New York will offer for sale a...

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Tags: Marble, 1st Century A.D., Torso, Lorenzo de Medici, Roman Imperial Period

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18 août 2009

Important greek marble veiled head of a goddess. 4th Century BC

Important greek marble veiled head of a goddess. 4th Century BC Turned slightly to her left, her oval face with wavy center-parted hair pulled back over the tops of her ears, the gently-arching brows, the lidded eyes deep-set, her small mouth with bow-shaped...

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Tags: Marble, 4th century BC, goddess, greek

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6 juin 2009

A Marble Portrait Head of the Tragedian Sophocles, circa late 1st/early 2nd Century A.D.

A Marble Portrait Head of the Tragedian Sophocles, circa late 1st/early 2nd Century A.D. based on a 4th Century B.C. Greek original, with deeply drilled wavy beard, long moustache, deep-set eyes drilled in the inner corners, and hair bound in a fillet;...

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Tags: Marble, Sophocles, late 1stearly 2nd Century A.D.

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6 juin 2009

A Bi-colored Marble Head of Dionysos, Roman Imperial, circa late 1st Century A.D.

A Bi-colored Marble Head of Dionysos, Roman Imperial, circa late 1st Century A.D. based on a Greek original of the late 4th Century B.C., the face carved out of a pale amber-colored vein within the white matrix, turned slightly to his right, his face...

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Tags: Marble, 1st Century A.D., Roman Imperial, Dionysos

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6 juin 2009

A Marble Torso of a God or Hero, Roman Imperial, circa 2nd Century A.D.

A Marble Torso of a God or Hero, Roman Imperial, circa 2nd Century A.D. standing with the weight on his left leg, and wearing a himation falling from his left shoulder and draped over his left forearm, the ends of his fillet falling over the shoulders,...

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Tags: Marble, 2nd Century A.D., Roman Imperial, Torso

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13 mars 2009

An Unusual White Marble Figure of a Monk, Tang/Song Dynasty, 10th-12th Century

An Unusual White Marble Figure of a Monk, Tang/Song Dynasty, 10th-12th Century The bald monk shown standing on a rectangular plinth carved in front with lotus petals, with body slightly twisted as he turns his head to the right, holding a rectangular...

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Tags: Marble, 10th-12th Century, Monk, TangSong Dynasty

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