A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG BOY

A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG BOY

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. AND LATER

possibly a young Bacchus, with a downcast expression, one eye slightly closed, wearing a laurel crown, on a late 17th / early 18th century bust carved with toga drapery, mounted on a later marble socle, the back inscribed with an inventory number '47', old damages and repairs

58.2cm high

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

From the Estate of the late 6th Earl of Roseberry and his family.

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., Mentmore House Sale, 18th May 1977, lot 202 where it was bought by Peter Morris and Derek Parker.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.