3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF A PTOLEMAIC PRINCE
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
The young boy with fleshy smiling face and heavy lidded eyes, his hair dressed in a Harpocrates sidelock of youth behind his right ear, mounted
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Métamorphoses, pp. 250 and 414-415.

This Ptolemaic Prince is shown wearing the plaited sidelock of youth, the royal emblem of childhood. This sidelock is characteristic of the high priests of Ptah, of the sons of Ramesses II and by extension all the sons of Pharaohs. The attentive expression, designed to evoke the gentleness of youth, and the rounded face are typical Ptolemaic features.

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