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A Roman marble portrait head of a man image 1
A Roman marble portrait head of a man image 2
Lot 99*

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

Sold for £2,375 inc. premium

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A Roman marble portrait head of a man
Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
Depicted in veristic style in older age, his hair receding to leave a bald patch with a cluster of drilled curls to the back and sides of the head, with a frowning browline and thin creased cheeks, 5½in (14cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
Joseph Klein Collection, formed in New York between 1941 and 1980. Thence by descent.

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