クリスティーズのインスタグラム(christiesinc) - 12月6日 00時03分

This Roman marble bust probably depicts Athena of Albini, a Greek goddess associated with Hades, god of the underworld. #ChristiesClassicWeek
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The statue wears the 'Cap of Hades', a wolf or hound-head helmet that could turn the wearer invisible. Homer recounts in the ‘Iliad’ how Athena wears the cap when helping the hero Diomedes.
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'A Roman marble head of Athena of Albani type', c. late 2nd century A.D., after a Greek original of the late 5th century B.C. 34 ½ in. high. Estimate: £100,000–150,000.
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Antiquities – 6 December at Christies London.
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