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Lot 46
  • 46

A Roman Marble Head of a Man, 3rd century A.D.

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Roman Marble Head of a Man
  • marble
  • Height 18.5 cm.
from a sarcophagus, turned to his right, with full beard, eyes with drilled pupils, and long unruly hair bound in a fillet.

Provenance

French private collection, acquired on the Paris art market in the 1970s

Literature

Galerie Chenel, Paris, Visages, 2013, p. 72, illus.