A Roman Marble Relief Torso of a Woman, circa early 1st Century A.D.

from an over-lifesize figure, carved in high relief, standing majestically with her weight on the right leg, and arms enveloped in the folds of her himation.

Sotheby's, New York, June 15th, 1988, no. 121, illus.
James la Pere
Christie's, New York, December 18th, 1997, no. 166, illus.
Christie's East, New York, 1998

Repaired from several fragments with restorations along the breaks and what appear to be significant areas of surface restoration especially on abdomen and horizontal swath of drapery, which is visiby chipped on proper left end near arm. Back and most of sides covered with a thick layer of modern cement imitating incrustation, most likely to conceal breaks.
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For two related large-scale funerary reliefs, one showing  two women and the other a man and a woman standing side by side, see Diana E.E. Kleiner, Roman Group Portraiture. The Funerary Reliefs of the Late Republic and Early Empire, New York and London, 1977, figs. 8a-b, and 12a-b, both dated by the author between 13 B.C. and 5 A.D.