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A COPTIC PAINTED LIMESTONE BOY
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Coated with stucco and painted, depicted standing on a high integral plinth with his left leg bent at the knee, his round face with short curly hair, wide eyes, a slender nose and a small mouth, the ears prominent, wearing a long-sleeved robe over trousers, ornamented with a simple guilloche at the cuff, and smooth red shoes, bejeweled with a necklace centered by a disk-shaped pendant, bracelets on each wrist and rings, two on his left pinky and ring finger, one on his right ring finger, his left arm bent at the elbow, holding a cluster of grapes in his hand, his right arm lowered, holding an attribute positioned above a feline, seated on a separate plinth with its body extending up, the forepaws outstretched, the front of the plinth with two rosettes, the right side with two quatrefoils
29 in. (73.6 cm.) high
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