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A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A ROMAN EMPEROR
Lot 66

A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A ROMAN EMPEROR

ITALIAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Closed8 December 2011

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GBP 8,125

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A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A ROMAN EMPEROR
ITALIAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
With coloured marble shoulders and an associated cylindrical marble socle; minor wear
22¾ in. (58 cm.) high, the bust; 31 7/8 in. (81 cm.) high, overall

Specialist note

Another bust depicting a Roman Emperor from the same series as the bust on offer here was sold at Sotheby's New York, 12 January 1993, lot 100.