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LOT 0171

Sold for (Inc. bp): £910

ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF DIONYSUS
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 in. (520 grams total, 17 cm including stand).

Carved in the half-round, showing a mature female with rounded facial features and hair drawn back in a chignon; band and ridged body of the headdress in Egyptianising style; mounted on a custom-made wooden display stand.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Munich, Germany.
with Heritage of Ketterer, Munich, Germany.
with Auction House Ursula Nusser E.K., Germany, 2011, no.4021.

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