Lot Essay
Cf. M. B. Comstock and C. C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1976, pp. 137-138, no. 215 for a similar marble head
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A ROMAN ARCHAISTIC ROSSO ANTICO HEAD OF ARTEMIS
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A ROMAN ARCHAISTIC ROSSO ANTICO HEAD OF ARTEMIS
2nd Century A.D.
Wearing a diadem which is pierced for attachment of additional ornamentation, the hair dressed in characteristic Archaic style with incised wavy lines on the crown of the head and worn in curling locks caught under the diadem in front, falling in a rigid mass at the nape of the neck, the face with inlaid eyes and later high polish, repaired with some facial restoration, on a later draped marble bust and socled mount
Head 7in. (17.8cm.) high; head and bust on mount 21¾in. (55.2cm.) high overall
2nd Century A.D.
Wearing a diadem which is pierced for attachment of additional ornamentation, the hair dressed in characteristic Archaic style with incised wavy lines on the crown of the head and worn in curling locks caught under the diadem in front, falling in a rigid mass at the nape of the neck, the face with inlaid eyes and later high polish, repaired with some facial restoration, on a later draped marble bust and socled mount
Head 7in. (17.8cm.) high; head and bust on mount 21¾in. (55.2cm.) high overall