Bidspirit auction | LATE ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF

LATE ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT - Ca. AD 200 - 400 A Late Roman head of Alexander the Great sculpted from a single piece of marble. The head has sensitively rendered features including heavy-lidded eyes with drilled pupils beneath a thin brow line, a naturalistic nose, plump cheeks, and full, gently parted lips. Soft tresses of a thick, wavy coiffure frame his visage. Size: 90mm x 55mm; Weight: 595g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.