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PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
A ROMAN MARBLE HERM
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE HERM
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In classicizing style, the head of a god emerging from the shaft, square in section, with a full beard and mustache trimmed straight across, high cheekbones and small almond-shaped eyes, the mouth recessed, the striated hair rolled back from his forehead, bound in a band and falling to the shaft, traces of pigment preserved in the hair
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In classicizing style, the head of a god emerging from the shaft, square in section, with a full beard and mustache trimmed straight across, high cheekbones and small almond-shaped eyes, the mouth recessed, the striated hair rolled back from his forehead, bound in a band and falling to the shaft, traces of pigment preserved in the hair
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with M. Simotti-Rocchi, Rome, 1976.