BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A WOMAN, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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July 9, 01:44 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A WOMAN, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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.
Height 25 cm.
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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
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.