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2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A BOY
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
With short curly hair and sensitively carved features, the almond-shaped heavy-lidded eyes with articulated pupils, a large mortise at rear of head and two smaller recesses on the crown, tips of nose and ears restored, mounted
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
With short curly hair and sensitively carved features, the almond-shaped heavy-lidded eyes with articulated pupils, a large mortise at rear of head and two smaller recesses on the crown, tips of nose and ears restored, mounted
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of The Countess Adelheid Lanckoronska: sold Sotheby's London, 29 January 1968, lot 83.
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