19 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APHRODITE, her head lightly tilted to the right, her long hair gathered into a chignon at the back and crowned with a diadem. 2nd Century AD. H. 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) Ex French collection. 20 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN or goddess. her hair parted in the middle and bound with a fillet. 1st Century AD. H. 2 3/4 in. (6.9 cm.) Ex French collection. 21 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A PATRICIAN DAUGHTER OF THE ANTONINE PERIOD, sensitively carved with an elaborate court coiffure of braids and curls in the highest style. Her ears are pierced to receive earrings and a hole in the center of her hair at the front probably also served to anchor a jewel. Ca. AD 120-140. H. 11 in. (27.9 cm.) Ex Michael Hall collection, New York, acquired before 1959 from an estate in Bel Air, California; private collection, Greensboro, North Carolina, acquired from Royal-Athena in April 2009. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXI, 2010, no. 23.
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