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unusual pair of late 19th century portrait busts of caesars marcus aurelius and caracalla - CATEGORY: ANTIQUE SCULPTURES - DATED 1900
 
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Unusual Pair Of Late 19th Century Portrait Busts Of Caesars Marcus Aurelius And Caracalla

£10,800    $14,587    €12,389
Wonderful pair of 19th Century Roman Emperor Portrait Busts Representing Marcus Aurelius and Caracalla in Terracotta with Bronze Heads.
 
Italy Naples circa 1900
 
Life-size busts, the heads cast in bronze with the body of terracotta, modelled with vest without sleeves and toga thrown over one shoulder.
 
Wonderful verdigris patination to the bronze and weathered to the terracotta.
 
Very unusual to have a bronze head coupled with a terracotta body these highly imposing decorative busts are of excellent quality. Depicting the Roman Caesars Marcus Aurelius and Caracalla which are the most iconic Roman Emperors for being the kindest and the meanest.
 
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors, and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD.
 
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ''Caracalla'' was Roman emper...
Antique SA1182683 shown on this page was made in 1900. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1900
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