Roman Marble Torso

Period Circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D.
Dimensions 24.4cm (height)
Description

Depicted male, his musculature well defined, including pronounced iliac crests and pectorals, a deep groove sculpted vertically along the centre of the back, the right arm originally lowered and attached to the right hip by a strut, partially preserved, an iron pin emerging from the strut and the underside of the break in the right arm, the left leg originally slightly advanced, the naval deeply drilled, fillets falling along the shoulders, hollowed between the shoulders with a central mortise for attachment of the separately-made neck and head.

Provenance

From the private collection of Federico Castelluccio (the actor who played 'Furio' on the first few seasons of The Sopranos) and acquired by the owner's grandparents in the 1950's-1970's.

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