Roman Marble Herm Head of Isis, circa 1st Century A.D.

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

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Description

Roman Marble Herm Head of Isis
Height 9 7/8 in. 25 cm.

wearing a pleated chiton fastened on the shoulder, her centrally parted wavy hair bound in a diadem, falling in spiral curls down the sides, and surmounted by a headcloth, her face with full lips, large eyes, and previously restored nose, a mortise on top of the head for insertion of the now missing crown.

Provenance

private collection, southern France, acquired in the 1960s