March 13, 2019 12:00 EST
The Jeff Hunter Collection | Antiquities and Tribal Art
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ROMAN LIFE-SIZE TORSO OF DIOMEDES
1st Century AD
Carved marble, shown standing, wearing a chlamys fastened on the left shoulder, the musculature well defined. After a Greek work of the late 5th century B.C. Mounted onto a bespoke plinth.
H: 32 in.
Provenance: with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991, inventory number HFC33, (copy of the original purchase invoice to be included).
The Jeff Hunter Collection, New York.
Sold for $106,250
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
Carved marble, shown standing, wearing a chlamys fastened on the left shoulder, the musculature well defined. After a Greek work of the late 5th century B.C. Mounted onto a bespoke plinth.
Provenance: with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991, inventory number HFC33, (copy of the original purchase invoice to be included).
The Jeff Hunter Collection, New York.
