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Lot 153

A small Roman marble male portrait head

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £5,312.50 inc. premium

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A small Roman marble male portrait head
Circa late 2nd-early 3rd Century A.D.
Gazing upwards and to his right with a youthful and idealised head, his deeply drilled hair upswept in thick curls and long on the nape of the neck, with modelled brows overhanging articulated eyes, 12cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK, acquired in the 1980s; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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