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LOT 0141
Roman Marble Relief Head of a Goddess
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
12 1/2 in. (11.9 kg total, 32 cm including stand).
From a colossal relief, depicting a life-size head of a goddess or an Amazon with a smooth reverse; pronounced lips and wide brow; the hair arranged in waves leaving the ears partially uncovered, secured with a taenia; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom an English private collection, 1970s-late 1990s.
English private collection.
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.12163-218598
Cf. Bonanno, A., Roman relief portraiture to Septimius Severus, Oxford, 1976, pls.294-295, 306, for similar portrait relief in style, from the Arch of Severus at Leptis Magna.
FootnotesThe style is akin to the sculptures of the Severan Age with a naturalistic treatment of the hair, and a more restrained use of the drill. The sculpture displays the same characteristic oval broad face with fleshy round cheeks, widely arched brow and big eyes of the portraits of Julia Domna. The alternative identification of the head as an Amazon can be deduced from the taenia and the details of the tear ducts, linked to a possible representation of a combat scene in which an Amazon suffers in agony after receiving mortal wounds.
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