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• Auction House:
  Aalders Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Summer Auction Series -– Session I – Traditional Antiques, Jewellery and Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  02 Dec 2023 ~ 10.30am (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  46
• Lot Description:
  Roman Limestone Funerary Bust, Early 3rd Century CE
  in the form of a male head, with triangular head and strong brow line, with almond shaped eyes close to broad nose, lips displaying evidence of red, with beard and broad neck, the whole raised on a perspex plinth, height 19cm and 33cm (including stand)
• Provenance:
  Ex-David Jones Art Gallery, then Private Collection, Double Bay; Estate of Renee Markovic
• References:
  Similar: Penn Museum, 29-107-922; Further Reading: Skupinska-Lovset, IIona. 1983. Funerary Portraiture of Roman Palestine; an analysis of the production in its culture-historical context. Page/fig./plate 44:30; Romano, Irene B. 2006. Classical Sculpture; Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Page/Fig./Plate: p.200, no.9.
• Estimate:
  A$3,500 - 6,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Antiquities

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