19th-20th century A.D. A marble head depicting a notable Roman general or patricius, modelled in the round with short tousled hair combed forward onto the brow in typical military style; broad forehead with heavy ridge and deep-set eyes; mounted on a custom-made display stand. For examples of Roman period sculture on which this head may have been modelled, see Levick, B., Vespasian (Roman Imperial Biographies), London, 1999, for discussion; see Bonanno, A., Roman Relief Sculpture to Septimius Severus, BAR Supplementary Series 6, Oxford, 1976; see Felletti Maj B.M., Museo Nazionale Romano, I Ritratti, Roma, 1953; see Bianchi Bandinelli, R., L'arte Romana nel centro del potere, dalle origini alla fine del II secolo d.C., Roma, 1969; see Scrinari, V. S. M., Sculture Romane di Aquileia, Roma, 1972; see Fittschen K., Zanker P., Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom. Bd. I. Kaiser und Prinzenbildnisse, Mainz am Rhein, 1985; see Brizzolara, A.M., Le sculture del Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, La collezione Marsili, Comune di Bologna, Bologna, 1986. 16.8 kg total, 40 cm high including stand (15 3/4 in.). Ex Jack Silver collection, 1970. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11426-192110. Possibly the portrait of Lucius Licinius Sura, an influential senator and close friend of Emperor Trajan.