A Roman Basalt Trapezophoros Head of a Youth, probably Egypt, circa 2nd Century A.D.

his head surmounted by a fragmentary support of oblong section; no restorations.

Paris art market, 1st half of the 20th Century (the underside of the custom-made wood base bears the stamp of Kichizô Inagaki, 1876-1951)
the painter Maurice Brianchon (1899-1979), Toulon
by descent to his son Pierre-Antoine Brianchon (1935-2012), Toulon (Hôtel des Ventes de Toulon, April 7th, 2013)
acquired by the current owner at the above sale