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Lot 100

A Greek terracotta fragment of Alexander the Great as Dionysos

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Greek terracotta fragment of Alexander the Great as Dionysos
Hellenistic Period, circa 3rd Century B.C.
Depicted gazing to the left with large lidded eyes, with characteristic anastole hairstyle, his long wavy hair surmounted by a large vine wreath with radiating leaves and crowned by two short horns, with remains of red slip and blue glaze on the face and hair, 22cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Mr A. collection, Paris, acquired prior to 1996.

Published:
F. Antonovich, Les Métamorphoses Divines d'Alexandre, Paris, 1996, p. 170.

Cf. a marble statuette of Alexander as Pan at the Archaeological Museum at Pella (acc. no. GL 43), where he is depicted with two small horns similar to those on the present lot.

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