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LOT 0625
Roman Stone Female Bust
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (27.6 grams, 43 mm).
Depicted with a youthful face with large eyes, elaborate coiffure arranged in rows of curls with a high chignon.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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