Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D., ON CIRCA 18TH CENTURY ONYX SHOULDERS
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D., ON CIRCA 18TH CENTURY ONYX SHOULDERS
with centrally-parted hair gathered in a large spiral plait over the back of the head, her eyes with drilled incised irises and crescentic pupils; nose and neck restored.
Height including red marble socle: 51.5 cm.; 1ft. 8¼in. height of head: 17cm.; 6½in.
Robert Berkeley (1794-1874) in 1851
Busts [etc.] Bought in Italy, 1851, Rome [manuscript], ‘Bust of Julia, 50 Scudi’ Inventory, 1893, ‘21” bust of Julia, daughter of Augustus, on scagliola pedestal’ in the Inner Hall;
Inventory, 1949, '[one from the pair] A pair of carved alabaster busts on round marble columns (repaired)' in the Middle Hall