CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A BOY
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With short hair, eyes unarticulated, wearing a wreath, on later marble bust with nebris over his right shoulder, repaired with some recutting at back of head, on socled mount
155/8 in. (39.7 cm.) high

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Sale room notice

Please note that the property title for this lot should read: 'The Property formerly of the Late Violet Trefusis' as it was given as a gift by Violet Trefusis to the present owner.

Lot Essay

In 1917 Violet Trefusis had a passionate but doomed affair with Vita Sackville-West, a member of the Bloomsbury set and comtemporary of Virginia Woolf. Violet's mother, Alice Keppel's indomitable determination coupled with convention ensured that Violet married Denys Trefusis and left for France leaving Vita in England. Recently a number of letters between Vita and Violet have been published which are testament to the love between them which lasted until the end of their lives.

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