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A HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF ALEXANDER
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A HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF ALEXANDER

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF ALEXANDER
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
With wavy hair, lips slightly parted, eyes unarticulated, head inclined slightly to left, mounted
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED: Images, no. 2.

Cf. M. Bieber, Alexander the Great in Greek and Roman Art, Chicago, 1964, p. 63-64, fig. 71-72 for a portrait of Alexander from Pergamon now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum which is typical of the Asiatic school of sculpture showing Alexander in later years.

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