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22 octobre 2009

Bust of Roman Emperor Caracalla - 'Common Enemy of Mankind' - For Sale at Bonhams

Bust of Caracalla. Estimate: £150,000 - £250,000. Photo: Bonhams LONDON.- A bust of Caracalla, the notorious Roman Emperor who reigned from 211-217 and is remembered as one of the worst and cruelest rulers in the history of the Empire, will be auctioned...

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Tags: Roman marble, Bonhams, Caracalla

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4 juin 2009

A roman marble head of Hercules, circa 2nd century A.D.

A roman marble head of Hercules, circa 2nd century A.D. The hero depicted youthful, his oval face inclined to his left, with a bulging forehead and contoured brows overhanging deep-set, unarticulated, almond-shaped eyes, his lips parted, his hair a mass...

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Tags: Hercule, Roman marble, 2nd Century A.D.

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4 juin 2009

A roman marble herm bust of Menander, circa 2nd century A.D.

A roman marble herm bust of Menander, circa 2nd century A.D. Lifesized, his head turned slightly to his right, with long wavy locks of hair brushed forward over the crown of the head, the locks breaking predominantly to the left except over the proper...

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Tags: Roman marble, 2nd Century A.D., Menander, herm bust

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4 juin 2009

A massive roman red marble (cottanello antico) labrum, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.

A massive roman red marble (cottanello antico) labrum, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D. The exterior of the shallow basin with fifty-eight deeply carved petals radiating from the central base, surmounted by a rectangular profiled molding, the cyma recta flaring...

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Tags: Roman marble, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., cottanello antico, labrum, red marble

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5 mai 2009

Superb Examples of Roman and Greek Art Highlight Christie's Spring Sale of Antiquities

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's is pleased to announce the sale of Antiquities on June 3, which will offer nearly 200 lots with a particularly strong selection of Roman marbles, including a handsome marble herm bust of Menander and a massive red marble labrum....

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Tags: bronze, Roman marble, apulian, Egyptian, Attic, Canaanite, Classical period, Diana, Emperor Nero, Lucanian, Menander, Sumerian

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28 avril 2009

A Roman marble female portrait bust. North Africa, circa 2nd Century A.D.

A Roman marble female portrait bust. North Africa, circa 2nd Century A.D. With an acquiline nose, shapely lips and small rounded chin, her large heavy lidded eyes set beneath a defined brow, her wavy hair centrally parted, wearing earrings and a tunic,...

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Tags: Roman marble, 2nd Century A.D., North Africa, portrait bust

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28 avril 2009

A Roman marble sarcophagus fragment. Early 3rd Century A.D.

A Roman marble sarcophagus fragment. Early 3rd Century A.D. From the corner of a sarchophagus, carved in high relief on one side with a nude satyr, facing right, with pointed ears and deeply drilled locks, a goat-skin falling in folds over his left shoulder,...

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Tags: Roman marble, 3rd Century A.D, sarcophagus

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27 avril 2009

A Roman marble head of Aphrodite, Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.

A Roman marble head of Aphrodite, Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Depicted with a serene expression on her face, her head tilted and turned to the right, the waving hair centrally-parted and dressed with a diadem around her head, the elaborate curls drawn...

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Tags: Aphrodite, Roman marble, 1st-2nd Century A.D.

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27 avril 2009

A Roman marble head of a bearded male. Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.

A Roman marble head of a bearded male. Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Probably a portrait of a Greek philosopher, depicted with a serious, imposing expression, his small almond-shaped eyes set beneath a frowning browline and creased forehead, the wavy hair...

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Tags: Roman marble, 1st-2nd Century A.D., Greek philosopher

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27 avril 2009

A Roman marble group of two wrestling children. Circa 1st Century A.D.

A Roman marble group of two wrestling children. Circa 1st Century A.D. With one child on the back of the other, wrapping his arms around his neck, and biting his ear, the other child twisting his chubby body and attempting to disengage himself, with furrowed...

Posté par Alain Truong à 20:18 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 1st Century A.D., Roman marble

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