Two Carved Varicolored Marble Busts of Roman Emperors

Two Carved Varicolored Marble Busts of Roman Emperors Italian, late 19th/early 20th century

The first of Julius Caesar, the second of Marcus Aurelius, both raised on variegated gray marble plinths. (2).

(H: 21 1/2, W: 15 1/2, D: 8 in. (larger, approx.))

Provenance

Collection of Robert & Barbara Safford, Vaux Hill, Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, September 25, 2013, lot 179.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Long Island, New York.

Condition report:

Julius Caesar: some minor roughness along edges of shoulders on reverse. Marcus Aurelius: diagonal crack through head extending from below lower lip upwards.