Lot 266
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A ROMAN CRYSTALLINE MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN
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A ROMAN CRYSTALLINE MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN

JULIO-CLAUDIAN, MID-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN CRYSTALLINE MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN
JULIO-CLAUDIAN, MID-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With centrally parted wavy curled hair tied back in a chignon, fringed curls over her forehead, mounted
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Cf. Exhibition Catalogue, The Year One, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, p. 55, pl. 37, for a portrait bust of a Roman matron believed to represent one of Augustus's descendants, Agrippina the Younger, wife of the Emperor Claudius (A.D. 41-54). It is however, more likely to be a private individual wishing to portray herself with the Court hairstyle.

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