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LOT 0114
Roman Marble Draped Female Torso
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
21 3/4 in. (23 kg total, 55.5 cm including stand).
Carved in high-relief, a high-status female wearing a palla with a loosely draped stola draped from the left shoulder and arm and drawn across the hips; the left forearm resting on the head of a figure of Venus on a socle base, socket to accept separately carved left hand (absent); mounting sockets to neck and right hip; plain to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12228-215645.
Cf. for the type Reinach, S., Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, Paris, 1897, p.332, no.4; p.378, no.5.
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