1st century BC-1st century AD. A carved marble bust of a youthful female, possibly a goddess, with hair parted in the centre and tied at the rear of the head in a chignon, the eyes with soft fleshy lids, the nose and mouth small, the lips pert and the chin rounded; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Wheeler, M. Roman Art and Architecture, London, 1964 for discussion. 30.1 kg, 41cm (16 1/4"). Property of a European gentleman; formerly in a German private collection formed in the 1950-1970s. The hairstyle with centre parting a chignon is typical of the Julio-Claudian era when the fashion turned towards simplicity (and thus honesty and virtue) as a counterpoint to the excessive flamboyance of Cleopatra and the Ptolemaic Egyptian court. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition.