A ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM OF SATYR HEADS
A ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM OF SATYR HEADS

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A ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM OF SATYR HEADS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Each with their full beards deeply drilled, with parted lips, snub noses, and deep-set eyes beneath arching brows, wearing a garland of ivy and berries accross the bald pate, the ties extending onto the shoulders
9 3/4 in. (25 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a similar example see no. 32 in Budde and Nichols, Greek and Roman Sculpture in the FitzWilliam, Cambridge.