Fragmentary Head of a Bearded God

Year South Italian Greek, c. 4th century BC

Medium Terracotta, with traces of polychromy; on a modern wood and metal base

Dimensions 27.5 cm (10 ⅞ in.) high 47.5 cm (18 ¾ in.) high, overall

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With Dr. Herbert A. Cahn, Münzen und Medaillen A.G., prior to 1981.

With André Emmerich, New York, 1981.

Hesperia Arts Auction, New York, 27 November 1990, lot 48.

With Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991.

Collection of Frank H. Pearl (Washington, DC), 1991-2012.

His posthumous sale, Christie’s, New York, Antiquities, 5 December 2012, lot 158.

Jean-Louis Domercq.

Private Collection (USA), 2013-2023.

Literature

André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., Classical Antiquities: An exhibition organized in cooperation with Dr. Herbert A. Cahn,

Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel and Derek Content Inc., Crow Hill, Houlton, Maine. exh. pamphlet,

November 14 – December 30, 1981 [reproduced].

Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part II (1991), no. 55.

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