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Depicted with his head turning dynamically to the left, the facial features and hair finely carved, with folds of drapery over his left shoulder, a tenon below for insertion into a bust or column.

h. 54.5 cm

c. AD 10-30

Marble

Provenance

English private collection
R.E. Collection, New York, until 2004
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1st January 2005, lot 15
Michael Bianco Collection, California, USA
Acquired at Bonhams, "Antiquities", sale 17855, 6th October 2010, lot 160

Publications

J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, January 2005, vol. XVI, pp. 12 and 13, fig. 15
J. Pollini, "A New Portrait Bust of Tiberius in the Collection of Michael Bianco", Babesch, 2008, vol. 83, pp. 149-154
Bonhams, Antiquities, 6th October 2010, lot 160
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 97, fig. 44
Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, January/ February 2011, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 54, fig. 6
Nice-Matin, France, June 2016, no. 24904, p. 6
R. Leung, "From 4th-Century Greek Vases to Female Abstract Expressionism", Larry's List, 2022, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/the-talks/from-4th-century-greek-vases-to-female-abstract-expressionism/

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Marble Over Life-Size Portrait of the Emperor Tiberius

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