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LOT 0125
Life-Size Roman Republican Marble Portrait Head of a Man
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
19 3/4 in. (25.75 kg total, 50 cm including stand).
Private portrait head of a beardless but aged man sculpted in provincial style to be full of character with pinched mouth and furrowed brow; the short hairstyle of the Late Republican Rome; nose abraded; socket to underside for mounting on the display stand.
Provenance
Private collection, Auvergne, France, 1970s.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00131545.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12477-228801.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Footnotes
In view of the fact that visual conventions (i.e. the Julian hairstyle) developed in the capital reached the “Romanised” provinces with a certain time lag, this portrait head was probably created in the Late Republican or Early Imperial Period.
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LOT 0125
Life-Size Roman Republican Marble Portrait Head of a Man
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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