03 juillet 2019
A Roman marble head of a ram, circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.
Lot 97. A Roman marble head of a ram, circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.; 10 in. (25.4 cm.) long. Estimate GBP 100,000 - GBP 150,000. Price realised GBP 275,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019
Provenance: Norbert Schimmel (1905-1990) collection, New York, acquired prior to 1964.Norbert Schimmel Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 16 December 1992, lot 62. Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 31 May 1997, lot 108.Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2005, lot 74.with Safani Gallery, New... [Lire la suite]03 juillet 2019
A Roman marble portrait head of the Empress Faustina Minor, circa 161-176 A.D.
Lot 99. A Roman marble portrait head of the Empress Faustina Minor, circa 161-176 A.D.; 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 120,000 - GBP 180,000. Price realised GBP 193,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019
Provenance: with Chaucer Fine Arts Inc., London, Autumn 1981 (Collecting in the 18th Century, Paintings and Drawings of Art, exhibition cat., no. 66).Spanish private collection, acquired from the above.
Note: Faustina Minor (the Younger), Annia Galeria Faustina, born... [Lire la suite]03 juillet 2019
A Mesopotamian inlaid limestone leopard, Late Uruk - Jemdet Nasr period, circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Lot 33. A Mesopotamian inlaid limestone leopard, Late Uruk - Jemdet Nasr period, circa 3300-2900 B.C.; 2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 150,000 - GBP 250,000. Price realised GBP 212,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019
Provenance: Private collection, New York, 1960s.with Mathias Komor, New York.Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) collection, Zurich, acquired from the above in the mid-1970s.A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals; Christie's, London, 26-27... [Lire la suite]