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A Roman marble janiform herm head image 1
A Roman marble janiform herm head image 2
Lot 108

A Roman marble janiform herm head

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£12,000 - £15,000

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A Roman marble janiform herm head
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Both sides depicting Hermes in the archaising style, one older, the other youthful, both with three rows of drilled tightly curled ringlets arranged around the brow, the hair dressed in a fillet and falling in loose tresses on the shoulders, the older Hermes with full curling beard and moustache, 24.5cm high

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Provenance:
Boisson-Bossière collection, France, 1965.
Mrs L. Wood collection, UK, 1982.
Mr F. Swarensky collection, UK, 2000.
Private collection, UK, 2000-2013.
London art market.

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