CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF A BOY
circa late 2nd century a.d.
The paunchy youth standing with his weight on his right leg, leaning into his right hip, the curvature of his stance rendered in the folds of his waist, the head angled sharply down and to his right, with soft facial features, his thickly curled tresses falling to his shoulders and tied in an Eros knot above his head, remnants of a strut with a socket toward the back of his proper left hip
27 in. (68.6 cm) high
circa late 2nd century a.d.
The paunchy youth standing with his weight on his right leg, leaning into his right hip, the curvature of his stance rendered in the folds of his waist, the head angled sharply down and to his right, with soft facial features, his thickly curled tresses falling to his shoulders and tied in an Eros knot above his head, remnants of a strut with a socket toward the back of his proper left hip
27 in. (68.6 cm) high
Provenance
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 23 June 1989, lot 136