59. Greek fragment of a hand, c.5th century BC
Marble
Height: 16.5cm
12521 C
$ 22,000
Carved from a fine-grained white marble, the life-size male hand has slender fingers and carefully detailed nails, grasping a scroll or staff. A large dowel hole near the wrist. Loss...
Carved from a fine-grained white marble, the life-size male hand has slender fingers and carefully detailed nails, grasping a scroll or staff. A large dowel hole near the wrist. Loss at the base of the little finger, tips of fingers slightly worn. Rootilation to the otherwise smooth surface.
Provenance
Private collection of 'B', Switzerland; acquired 1960-1980, thence by descent
with David Cahn, Switzerland, 2006
with Antiquarium Ltd, New York, USA; acquired 2006
Publications
Cahn Auktionen, Kunstwerke der Antike, 22nd September 2006, no.392
Antiquarium Ltd, Ancient Treasures X (2012), p.20
