Roman Marble Head of a Satyr
1st-3rd century A.D. A marble bust of a youthful satyr of Praxitelic type with fillet to the brow, tousled hair and rounded facial features with stern expression. For similar Roman copies of Praxiteles's satyr, see the Walters Art Gallery, MA, inv. no. 23.22; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, acc. no. 08.258.43; the British Museum, London, 1838, 1231.1; cf. Scrinari, V.S.M., Sculture Romane di Aquileia, Roma, 1972, nos.111-112; Stewart, A., Greek Sculpture, Yale, 1990, p.280, no.498; Pasquier A., Martinez, J.L., Praxitele, Paris, 2007, pp.270-275. 519 grams, 88 mm (3 1/2 in.). Acquired early 1990s.Ex private American collection; thence by descent.Private Swiss collection since 1998. The head appears to be a copy of the Praxitelian type known as 'The Satyr pouring a Drink'. The head, realised with sensitivity, but technically and stylistically academic, could be dated to the first half of the 2nd century A.D. [For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price]