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ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE PORTRAIT HEAD With a slender oval face, the modelled brows arching over her unarticulated, large almond shaped eyes, with heavy upper and lower lids, a delicate nose, and a small mouth with fleshy lips, her center-parted hair scalloped into deep waves mostly concealing her ears. Cf. For a related coiffure see the portrait from the so-called Temple to Aphrodite in Cyrene, no. 263 in Walker and Bierbrier, Ancient Faces, Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt. Ex Ebrahimoff Family Collection, Switzerland, acquired between 1956-1969. 2nd Century AD H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 27 AL0902C $48,500 Sales |
