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A Roman Marble Head of a Woman, circa early 1st Century A.D.
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- A Roman Marble Head of a Woman
- MARBLE
- Height 25 cm.
turned to her right, her youthful face with slightly smiling mouth and almond-shaped eyes, her centrally parted wavy hair bound in an invisible fillet and rolled up over the ears, long locks falling over the sides of the neck, the back roughly worked and neck carved for insertion into a veiled statue; no restorations.
Provenance
European collection, 19th Century (based on patina and worn variegated marble turned socle)
English private collection, acquired in the 1960's/1970's (Cheffins, Cambridge, January 5th, 2017, no. 374)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
English private collection, acquired in the 1960's/1970's (Cheffins, Cambridge, January 5th, 2017, no. 374)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Catalogue Note
The coiffure and physiognomy bear a distant similarity to some portraits of Livia, e.g. a head in the Louvre: R. Winkes, Livia, Octavia, Iulia, 1995, p. 150f., no. 75.