Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A GIRL, SEVERAN, EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D., ON 17TH/18TH CENTURY SHOULDERS
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A GIRL, SEVERAN, EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D., ON 17TH/18TH CENTURY SHOULDERS
her eyes with incised irises and drilled pupils, her right earlobe pierced, her hair drawn back in rows of wavy tresses and gathered in an oval plait on the back; no restorations.
Height incl. shoulders 50 cm.; height of head 19 cm.
European private collection, circa 18th Century (based on restoration techniques)
Willy Lefèvre, Kortrijk, Belgium
by descent to the present owner
For the form of the plait on the back cf. Severan portrait heads in Rome (K. Fittschen and P. Zanker, Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen, vol. 3, 1983, p. 103f., nos. 152-153, pl. 180), and Berlin (http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/2203; cf. K. Fittschen, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, vol. 270, 2018, p. 114).