Lot Essay
For the type, see no. 41 in Vermeule and Comstock, Sculpture in Stone and Bronze in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE HERM OF DIONYSUS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With a smooth rectangular shaft, surmounted by the head of the aged god of wine, with a thick mustache and a projecting spade-shaped beard, formed of six columns of corkscrew curls, the eyes deeply set beneath an overhanging brow, wearing a wreath of ivy and berries in his hair and a fillet across his forehead, the ties and unruly locks falling to his shoulders
20¾ in. (75 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With a smooth rectangular shaft, surmounted by the head of the aged god of wine, with a thick mustache and a projecting spade-shaped beard, formed of six columns of corkscrew curls, the eyes deeply set beneath an overhanging brow, wearing a wreath of ivy and berries in his hair and a fillet across his forehead, the ties and unruly locks falling to his shoulders
20¾ in. (75 cm.) high
Provenance
Art Market, Rome, 1972.
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