10 ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC HEAD OF A KORE, a Greek maiden, based upon a prototype ca. 470 BC; eyes recessed for inlay. 1st Century AD. H. 11 3/4 in. (30 cm.) Ex Pietri collection, France, second half of the 19th century; collection of Cazalis de Fondouce à Montpelier, end of the 19th century. Said to have been found in Sicily.
11 ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A WOMAN OF FASHION. Her hair is centrally parted, elaborately braided, and gathered into a navicular bun on top of her head in the style of Annia Cornificia Faustina, sister of Marcus Aurelius. Early Antonine Period, ca. 140 AD. H. 10 in. (26 cm.) Nose partially restored. Ex French collection. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. X, 1999, no. 9. Cf. similar portraits, K. Fittschen and P. Zanker, Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, 1985, pp. 66-68, nos. 87-89; cf. B. Andreae, K. Anger, et al, Bildkatalog Der Skulpturen Des Vatikanischen Museums, Museo Charamonti, vol. II, 1995, no. 137, p. 569.
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