Lot 300
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A HELLENISTIC BRONZE FIGURE OF A SCHOOL MASTER
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A HELLENISTIC BRONZE FIGURE OF A SCHOOL MASTER

1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D., PROBABLY FROM ALEXANDRIA

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A HELLENISTIC BRONZE FIGURE OF A SCHOOL MASTER
1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D., PROBABLY FROM ALEXANDRIA
With grotesque facial features, standing with his head tilted to the right, wearing his himation wrapped tightly around him, a bulla pendant worn around the neck, and carrying a writing tablet under his left arm, with sandalled feet, damage to back of head, mounted
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Cf. S. Walker and P. Higgs (eds.), Cleopatra of Egypt: from History to Myth, The British Museum, London, 2001, p. 115, no. 140 for similar bronze figure of a priest from the same period; and R. Symes, A Memorial Exhibition for Christo Michailidis, 1945-1999, New York, 1999, for other examples of Alexandrian realism.

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