A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG BOY 1ST-2ND CENTURY... Lot 611

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.