A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MAN
A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MAN

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MAN
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicted beardless, with a full head of thick waving locks arranged in three rows of cork-screw curls, with wide articulated almond-shaped eyes dipping at their inner canthi, below thin grooved brows, the upper lip undulating, the chin cleft, with two "Venus"-rings incised along his neck
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, France, acquired in 1970.

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