A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF CYBELE

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF CYBELE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The goddess wearing a short polos with thick rim, her wavy, centrally-parted hair drawn back and bound at the nape of her neck, with two locks falling onto her shoulders, her oval face turning slightly to the right, with almond-shaped heavy-lidded unarticulated eyes, and a full-lipped slightly open mouth
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high

Provenance

Madame Gaston de Tinan (1892-1985) collection, France; and thence by descent to private collection, UK.

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Lot Essay

Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 22.139.24.

Madame Gaston de Tinan, formerly Hélène 'Dolly' Bardac, was the daughter of the Parisian banker and noted collector Sigismond Bardac (1856-1919) and his wife Emma Bardac (1862-1934). Emma also had a relationship with the composer Gabriel Fauré, who wrote his Dolly Suite in the 1890s for his lover's daughter.

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