A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, SEVERAN, EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D., ON 17TH/18TH CENTURY SHOULDERS

A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, SEVERAN, EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D., ON 17TH/18TH CENTURY SHOULDERS

turned slightly to her right, her eyes with incised irises and drilled crescentic pupils, her earlobes pierced, her hair drawn back in rows of wavy tresses and gathered in an oval plait on the back; nose and upper lip restored, the nipples pierced for insertion of metal pipes and now plugged with marble stoppers.
Total height incl. socle 60 cm.; height of head 20 cm.

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Provenance:
European private collection, 17th/18th Century (based on restoration techniques)

collection of a French composer, acquired in the 1940s

Published

Bonhams, London, October 5th, 2011, no. 137, illus.