Lot 82
  • 82

A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Man, Eastern Mediterranean, circa late 1st Century A.D., re-carved in the 3rd Century A.D.

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Man, Eastern Mediterranean
  • Marble
  • Height 10 1/2 in. 26.7 cm.
turned to his left, his hair falling in thick locks over the forehead and temples, the nape of the neck with roughly carved support, the stippled beard and indented pupils added later in antiquity. 

Provenance

Anavian Gallery, New York, 1977