ANCIENT GREEK DIADEM
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CIRCA 3RD - 4TH CENTURY B.C.
£2,016
Auction: Day Two: 07 September 2023 | From 11:00
Description
bronze wire, adorned with gilded traces on the bronze ivy leaves, among them are delicate bronze strands securing white terracotta berries painted with white gesso
Dimensions
24cm diameter
Provenance
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Ian Colverson (1940-2022) Collection, UK, acquired from the above on the 4 May 2009
Ian Colverson was a Postwar & Contemporary printmaker whose works are held in many museums and galleries worldwide, including the Tate Gallery, London and the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Footnote
Note:
Cf. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, cf. M. Constock and C. Vermeule Greek, Etruscan and Roman bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1972, pp.199-200).