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LOT 0122
Roman Marble Statue Head
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
11 1/2 in. (7.1 kg total, 29 cm including stand).
Carved with a rounded face and small mouth, hair arranged in neat curls with central partition; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
From a private French collection.
Acquired in France before 1993.
From the personal collection of Gordon Gridley.
Gordon Gridley was a founding member of the Camden Passage antique dealers’ association. Trading in antiques from the late 1960s, he opened his first shop in 1971 and remained a well-known and respected figure in the antiques world until his retirement.
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