A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SERAPIS
THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SERAPIS

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

細節
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SERAPIS
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The oval face with lidded almond-shaped eyes, a thick deeply-drilled beard and a long flowing mustache, his long wavy hair with three characteristic vertical locks on the forehead, the top of his head with a circular plinth and iron pin for attachment of the now-missing modius
24¾ in. (60 cm) high
來源
Antiquities, Christie's New York, 15 December 1992, lot 21
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 14 December 1993, lot 43

拍品專文

Based on an original by Bryaxis for Alexandria, sculpted between 286-278 B.C. See figs. 296 & 297 in Bieber, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age.