Ancient Roman Marble female head, 11,5 x 10 cm

Ancient Romans were great portrait artists, from pictorial representations, steles, niches or sculptures. The sculpture in front of us represents the portrait of a Roman woman and is a great example of the mastery they acquired with marble. The tendencies of the portraits were adopted by the Romans from the Greek tradition. Provenance: Aweidah Gallery, Israel, 2014 Previous owner: Documentation at Aweidah Gallery All items that we offer for sale will be combined with an export approval issued by the ministry of the Spanish culture department and certificate of authenticity. Statement seen by Catawiki. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. The seller will take care that any necessary permits will be arranged. The seller will inform the buyer about this if this takes more than a few days. Important: For destinations out of Spanish territorry: all our object will be shipped after obtaining CERTIFICATE OF EXPORTATION by Ministry of Culture of Spain. We inform our clients that it may take between 4-8 weeks. All lots destined for European Union countries are exempt from export taxes. According to Spanish legislation, items sent outside the European Union are subject to export taxes and will be added to the invoice, at the buyer's expense. These export fees are fixed on the final auction price and the tax rate is not applied directly on the total value of the item to be exported, but rather the different percentages by sections are applied to it: - Up to 6,000 euros: 5%. - From 6. 001 to 60. 000euros: 10%. - From 60,001 to 600,000 euros: 20%. - From 600,001 onwards: 30%. This export permit application process can take between 1-3 months maximum.