A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE MALE HEAD
Lot 1055

A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE MALE HEAD

CIRCA 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Closed22 May 2014

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GBP 9,375

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A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE MALE HEAD
CIRCA 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D.
With traces of curling, drilled hair, close-set eyes and small mouth
9.3/4 in. (25 cm.) high

Acquired by Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (1586-1646), for Arundel House, The Strand, London.
Thence by descent to Henry, 7th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1701), by whom gifted to his former servant Boyder Cuper.
Boyder Cuper, “Cupids Garden”, Kennington, London, until 1719.
John Freeman, Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames, 1719, and thence by descent.
The Arundel Marbles and other Sculpture from Fawley Court and Hall Barn, Christie’s London, 10 December 1985, lot 254.