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HEAD OF VENUS

Estimate1 500 - 2 000
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Carved from white marble, with an oval face, round cheeks and a pointed chin. Thin, arched eyebrows sit above small almond-shaped eyes and pursed lips. Her hair is wavy and parted in the middle by a divine headband; it is combed back and gathered into a tight bun.
Roman art, 2nd century AD.
Height: 11 cm – Width: 8 cm – Depth: 9.5 cm
(Repaired break, cleaned, adapted plinth)

– Believed to have been part of Mr Elie Bustros’s collection in the 1950s and 1960s.
– Private collection, Paris.