Description:

A ROMAN EMPIRE (27 BC-AD 395) STYLE BAS RELIEF MARBLE FRAGMENT OF A HEAD IN PROFILE, ITALIAN, POSSIBLY 1ST CENTURY AD, low to medium relief sculpted white marble, in the Classical Greek taste, of a young maiden's head and neck in profile, she gazes ahead with an archaic smile, her hair held by a single flat headband, and tied at the base of her neck, a paper label identifying the sitter as "Terpsichore," one of the nine muses, patron of dance and chorus, placing and dating the fragment verso. Height: 14" Width: 14" Depth: 5" NOTE: Reference: Forum at Nerva, the colonnacce of the Temple of Minerva, 1st Century, Rome, Italy.

  • Condition: Encrustation, dirt, losses, scratches, and general expected wear, but overall in good condition, wear commensurate with age.

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