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LOT 0091
Hellenistic Marble Head of a Woman
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (620 grams, 95 mm).
Carved in the round with carinated diadem in the hair, heavily lidded eyes, small mouth with pursed lips.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12102-218191.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 69, for type.
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