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LOT 0909
Roman Marble Face Fragment
1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (1.21 kg, 15.5 cm).
Plano-convex in section with exaggerated puffy cheeks and small pursed mouth; possibly from a putto in a figural frieze.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 0909
Roman Marble Face Fragment
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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