Lot Essay
Perhaps representing the empress Julia Domna or one of her contemporaries. For a similar example see no. 42 in Kleiner and Matheson, eds., I Claudia, Women in Ancient Rome.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. FRANK STANTON
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Her full round face with lidded almond-shaped eyes, the hair (perhaps a wig) arranged in the helmfrisur, a mass of center-parted undulating hair pulled back over her ears, with two small locks protruding onto her cheeks
11 in. (28 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Her full round face with lidded almond-shaped eyes, the hair (perhaps a wig) arranged in the helmfrisur, a mass of center-parted undulating hair pulled back over her ears, with two small locks protruding onto her cheeks
11 in. (28 cm.) high