1st century AD. A delicate marble head representing a Roman child, with idealised finely carved features, the lips parted, strongly marked strands of hair arranged in regular locks, strongly pronounced nose and ears, originally belonged to a complete statue of the Julio-Claudian Period according to hairstyle. For two related portraits in Rome see Fittschen K.,Zanker P., Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen, vol. 4, Berlin-Boston, 2014, p.7, nos.6-7, pl.9; a similar head visible on a marble bust of a boy about three years old, from a Roman funerary monument of 1st century AD in the Roman-Germanic Museum, Cologne, Germany. 933 grams total, 18cm including stand (7"). From the private collection of a medical professional; acquired by the owner's father in the 1950s. The funerary arts of the provinces demonstrate the variety and freedom of artistic expression in several regions of the Roman empire. Portraits and grave goods figure in many of the customs used to commemorate the dead, they also reflect the different styles of dress, hairstyle. In Noricum and Pannonia in the Danubian basin, it was common to mark burials with busts of the deceased. These were carved in relief often in a naturalistic style similar to those used in Roman portraiture.