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LOT 0116

Roman Marble Head of a Goddess

1ST CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD

16 1/4" (30.1 kg, 41cm).

A carved marble bust of a youthful female, possibly a goddess, with hair parted in the centre and tied at the rear of the head in a chignon, the eyes with soft fleshy lids, the nose and mouth small, the lips pert and the chin rounded; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Property of a European gentleman; formerly in a German private collection formed in the 1950-1970s.

Literature

See Wheeler, M. Roman Art and Architecture, London, 1964 for discussion.

Footnotes

The hairstyle with centre parting a chignon is typical of the Julio-Claudian era when the fashion turned towards simplicity (and thus honesty and virtue), as a counterpoint to the excessive flamboyance of Cleopatra and the Ptolemaic Egyptian court.

CONDITION

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LOT 0116

Roman Marble Head of a Goddess

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,875

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