Lot Essay
Cf. M. B. Comstock and C. C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1976, p. 102, no. 157 for a Hermes' head with similar wingless petasos.
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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF HERMES
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The youthful god wearing characteristic petasos, with unarticulated eyes, slightly parted lips and thick luxuriantly curling hair, nose missing, chips to petasos brim, mounted
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The youthful god wearing characteristic petasos, with unarticulated eyes, slightly parted lips and thick luxuriantly curling hair, nose missing, chips to petasos brim, mounted
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
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