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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
A ROMAN TERRACOTTA BUST OF MERCURY
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN TERRACOTTA BUST OF MERCURY
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Mold-made, the youthful god wearing a mantle pinned at both shoulders, his oval face with soft, fleshy features, his wings emerging from within his short wavy locks, on an integral pedestal base
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm) high
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Mold-made, the youthful god wearing a mantle pinned at both shoulders, his oval face with soft, fleshy features, his wings emerging from within his short wavy locks, on an integral pedestal base
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Christie's New York, 15 December 1994, lot 157
Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York
Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York