Marble Head of a Woman

ROMAN, 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

4 3/4 in. (230 grams total, 12 cm including stand).

Carved in the round in good quality marble, with plump cheeks, a flat nose and lentoid sockets at the eyes, the hair modelled in a chignon, small socket at the right ear; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

London art market, 1992.

Footnotes

The eyes have been prepared to accept silver or other inserts, and the ear likewise would have been provided with a model earring.

CONDITION

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LOT 0746