A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A YOUTH, JULIO-CLAUDIAN, EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Property from a European Private Collection
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A YOUTH, JULIO-CLAUDIAN, EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

turned to his right, with parted lips and prominent brow, his hair falling over the forehead in sickle-shaped locks, remains of metal pins in the hair above the temples, a small rectangular hole on the roughly carved top, the neck carved for insertion into a statue draped with a chlamys, a fold of which is carved over the nape of neck; no restorations.
Height 37 cm. Height of head 22 cm.

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Provenance:
Robin Symes, Ltd., London, 1970s

European private collection, acquired from the above on July 16th, 1979

by descent to the present owner