An ancient Roman marble portrait head of a Patrician woman with an elaborate coiffure of tiers of curled locks bound by braids in the back. Her expression is calm and dignified with wide set eyes, arching eyebrows and slight smile.
Severan Period.
Ca. 190 - 225 AD.
Height: 11 in. (28 cm).
Formerly in a Belgian private collection.
Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXI (2009), no. 13.
