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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, FLAVIAN, LATE 1ST CENT. A.D., ON 17TH/18TH CENTURY SHOULDERS
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, FLAVIAN, LATE 1ST CENT. A.D., ON 17TH/18TH CENTURY SHOULDERS
her hair framing the forehead in a broad mass of drilled curls, drawn back behind the ears and up from the nape of the neck into a turban of concentric braids on the back, one ear pierced; no restorations.
Total height with socle 33 cm.; height of head 11.5 cm.
European private collection, 17th/18th Century (based on socle, shoulders, and restoration techniques)
French private collection, acquired in the 1970s
For small-scale roman portraiture see K. Dahmen, Untersuchungen zu Form und Funktion kleinformatiger Porträts der römischen Kaiserzeit, 2001.