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HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT WEARING AN ELEPHANT SKIN
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121
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HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT WEARING AN ELEPHANT SKIN
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT WEARING AN ELEPHANT SKIN
Hellenistic art, 4th–3rd century BC
A small head depicting the Macedonian ruler wearing an elephant skin.
Height: 5 cm
Provenance: Former collection of Maurice Bouvier (1901–1981), Switzerland
Christie’s, London, 7 October 2010: lot 116 (ill.)
Charles Ede Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2010
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA603)
Bibliography: Christie’s, Antiquities, London, 7 October 2010, lot 116
J. Boardman, ‘Greek Art’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 68, fig. 41
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 59 and 93
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 83
A Hellenistic bronze head of Alexander the Great wearing elephant skin,
4th–3rd century BC.
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