A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN
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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN

LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN
LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicted with head turned slightly to the right, with short hair brushed forwards onto the forehead in comma-shaped locks, with strong features, heavily furrowed brow, eyes with well-defined upper and lower lids and arching eyebrows, with prominent nasolabial creases framing the downward turned mouth, and rounded chin, on a later Siena marble draped bust and grey veined marble socle
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Lilian Forte (1913-2012) collection, UK, acquired prior to 1982.

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