17th century A.D. or earlier. A Renaissance marble portrait of a god with naturalistic facial features, short curly hair and beard, his gaze directed downwards and left; modelled in the half-round; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 10.1 kg total, 46 cm high including stand (18 1/8 in.). Acquired 1970s onwards. Ex private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Apanied by scholarly note TL05433 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by AIAD certificate no.11425-192626. In the history of the Roman Empire, the Dominate (284-476 A.D.) proceeded the Principate (27 B.C.-284 A.D.) and was characterised by a more despotic and authoritarian form of government.