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A Roman marble portrait head fragment image 1
A Roman marble portrait head fragment image 2
Lot 98

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £8,125 inc. premium

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A Roman marble portrait head fragment
Circa late 2nd-early 3rd Century A.D.
Depicted with thick curling hair and wavy side whiskers, with an incised arched eyebrow and articulated pupil and iris, 7½in (19.5cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
Leon Simard Collection, Canada, before 1983.

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