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THBIncredible Roman Marble Goat Head
Lot 57
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Feb 21, 2019
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2019-02-21 10:00:00
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Roman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. Wow! A stunning marble goat head, carved with full lifelike details: large eyes that would once have been painted, recessed within thick eyelids, on a face carved with clear musculature, a strong snout, a forelock, goatee, and neck hair, large, pointed ears that are back on the head, and huge, curved, striated horns that rise from the top of the head to rest against the back of the neck. Age has given the marble a banded appearance, wearing away the original pigment that would have been applied to the stone but revealing the weathered color of the rock beneath. Size: 8.5" W x 11.7" H (21.6 cm x 29.7 cm); 15" H (38.1 cm) on included custom stand.
Goat statuary in the classical world, especially in early Imperial Rome, was associated with the god Bacchus (Dionysus), god of wine and nature, and with the revels of the satyrs. Some of the most famous depictions of these animals come from Hadrian's villa near modern-day Tivoli. One (see below) is a goat's head from a larger statue; another is the so-called Fauno rosso, a statue in red marble that depicts a drunken satyr with a goat looking up at him. This goat head probably graced a similar statue.
A similar goat's head was found at Hadrian's villa and is now at the British Museum (it was restored in the 18th century): https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=460135&partId=1&searchText=marble+goat+roman&images=on&page=1; a goat head in similar condition sold at Christie's London in 2017 for 32,500 GBP (42,400 USD): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-roman-marble-head-of-a-goat-6084703-details.aspx
Provenance: private Texas, USA collection, acquired in 1929 in Greece by P. Nascou (great-grand daughter), who purchased it from Georgios Papoutsakis
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#143503All original and unrestored. Central part of one horn is lost. Small portions of the other horn are also lost. Small chips and scratches from surface commensurate with age. Piece is obviously a fragment from a larger sculpture, with an old break along the lower neck. Deposits on surface. Excellent preservation of many of the details.Condition
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