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Barnebys HQ
Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm
Todas las subastas / Varios / Ancient Greek Marble Priapus Sculpture
Priapus sculpture. - Important! - - Unique! - Greek Hellenistic, 2nd - 1st century BC Marble 24 cm Height (without stand) PROVENANCE: Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s. CONDITION: Unrestored, as found. Untouched natural patina. DESCRIPTION: Depicted standing, resting on a pillar, in the act of lifting the robe, discovering the genitals; the head is wrapped in a drape and a flap-like extensions beneath the chin representing a cock’s wattle. This rather unique figure of Priapus finds some paralels on groups such as the statue in Berlin which shows the head of the maenad, found before 1872 on the Quirinal near the Piazza Barberini, and a second in the National Museum at Athens where the head of Priapus is preserved. Cf. M. B. Comstock and C. C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, The Greek, Roman and Etruscan collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, 1976, p. 127, no. 196, for a
Estimación:€1,050,000.00
To the auction
JUN 17 | 8:30 AM
JUN 13 | 3:00 PM
JUN 6 | 4:00 PM
06/04/2026
€272
Est.: €185
