A Carved Basalt Bust
14th CENTURY
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L O T 6
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Likely a capital or other element of a column, of cylindrical form, the stylized patterned headdress above a low-relief carved face with delicate features.
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Losses along the diagonal grain through face and elsewhere, uncarved and unpolished along top edge where it may have fit into a pediment.
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Initially in the possession of Akira Takahashi in Tokyo, sold to Isabella Rossi in Rome in 1971. Passed through Rossi's heirs until a 1995 auction.
lot 6
A Basalt Bust Fragment