A ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM
A ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Both sides depicting a youthful male, perhaps Hermes, a wreath of laurel crowning the short wavy hair which is swept up from the forehead, with deep-set unarticulated eyes and slightly parted lips
7¾ in. (19.7 cm) high
Provenance
Paul Horgan, Pulitzer Prize winning author in 1955 for Great River, the Rio Grande in North American History and again in 1976 for Lamy of Santa Fe.

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