LATE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE YOUTHFUL HEAD FROM A SARCOPHAGUS
LATE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Representing Apollo or Dionysos, wearing wreath with double leaves at the front in his luxuriant curled and bound hair, mounted, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; a Cypriot limestone votive head of a female, wearing a veil and with slight traces of pigment, 6th Century B.C., 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; a late Hellenistic terracotta head of a bearded athlete or boxer, circa 1st Century B.C., 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; and a Romano-Egyptian terracotta head of a boy with sidelock, 1st Century B.C./A.D., 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, all mounted (4)
LATE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Representing Apollo or Dionysos, wearing wreath with double leaves at the front in his luxuriant curled and bound hair, mounted, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; a Cypriot limestone votive head of a female, wearing a veil and with slight traces of pigment, 6th Century B.C., 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; a late Hellenistic terracotta head of a bearded athlete or boxer, circa 1st Century B.C., 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; and a Romano-Egyptian terracotta head of a boy with sidelock, 1st Century B.C./A.D., 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, all mounted (4)
Provenance
Items one-three: English private collection, acquired in 1981.
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