Circa 1st-3rd century A.D. A bronze bust of a young lady, representing a person of importance, possibly an empress or a goddess (Juno or Flora); her head tilted slightly to the left, hair made up in an elaborate coiffure, dressed in robes falling from her shoulders to a V-shape neckline; hollow reverse for attachment; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques De Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 475, forparable example; cf. Cavalieri, M., 'Ipotesi sulla produzione bronzea dell’Emilia occidentale in età romana' in Santoro, S., Artigianato e produzione nella Cisalpina. Parte I. Proposte di metodo e prime applicazioni, Firenze, 2004, pp.173-198, fig.4. 142 grams, 80 mm (174 grams total, 10.2 cm including stand) (3 1/8 in. (4 in.)). UK collection started in the early 2000s. Ex London, UK, gallery. The small bronze statue was probably originally attached to a piece of furniture. Furnishings such as appliques, small sculptures and furniture fittings in general, sometimes evidenced extremely refined products. Among these there are also busts of female divinities, as in our sculpture, which finds parallel with a furniture applique representing a bust of Juno, or with the Flora of Luceria.