© British Museum
Empress Livia as the Goddess Ceres
Artist: Roman
Location: British Museum
Date: 30 - 55
Materials: marble
Dimensions: 32 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £103,000)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 4796 (2000)
Provenance:
Hotel Drouot, PAris, 19-21 May 1910, lot 39 (collection of Dr B and Mr C), said to be from Sicily; Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1996, lot 170; Aldorf collection
Description:
Over life sized head with a wreath of laurel leaves and flowers. Most of the tip of the nose is lost, some damage to the face and most of the back of the head has broken away.
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