BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
Property from a Belgian Private Collection
A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A BOY, CIRCA MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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July 9, 01:45 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from a Belgian Private Collection
A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A BOY, CIRCA MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.
his finely carved hair radiating from the crown in overlapping curls, some voluted and drilled, and falling over the forehead in falciform locks; no restorations.
Height:15.5 cm.
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Joseph Klein Collection, formed in New York between 1941 and 1980
private collection, by descent from the above (Bonhams, London, October 24th, 2012, no. 15, illus.)
For two related portraits in Rome see K. Fittschen and P. Zanker, Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen, vol. 4, 2014, p. 7, nos. 6-7, pl. 9.