Ivory portrait head of the emperor Augustus

Presumably found in Rome .

By 1903 and until 1910, collection of Count Grigoriy Sergeyevich Stroganov, Palazzo Stroganov, Rome; from 1910 and until 1920, with his descendants, Palazzo Stroganov, Rome; [ca. 1920-1923, purchsed by Giorgio Sangiorgi, Rome]; acquired in 1923, purchased from G. Sangiorgi

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