A Cycladic Marble Torso
Sale 1188 - Antiquities & Ancient Art
May 25, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$7,000 -
9,000
Price Realized
$56,700
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Cycladic Marble Torso
Circa 3rd Millennium B.C.
Height 6 1/4 inches (15.9 cm).
Property from Susan Hughes Bell, Utah
Provenance:
Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, prior to 1959.
Parke-Bernet, New York, Antiquities, 24 April 1970.
James H. Hughes, Chicago, Illinois; thence by descent.
Exhibited::
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, 15 October 1959-2 January 1960.
Published:
W. Fairservis Jr., Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Carnegie Institute, 1959, p. 7, no. 42 (illustrated).
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