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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
A ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Both sides depicting Hermes, one youthful, the other older, the youth with thick lidded eyes, the inner canthi drilled, under a heavy brow, the small mouth drilled at the corners, the chin prominent, the drilled tightly-curled hair bound in a diadem, the older with similar eyes, the small mouth with fleshy lips slightly parted, the long mustache and beard with drilled symmetrical curls, the hair bound in a diadem, the ties of both falling to the shoulders
10 in. (25.4 cm) high
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Both sides depicting Hermes, one youthful, the other older, the youth with thick lidded eyes, the inner canthi drilled, under a heavy brow, the small mouth drilled at the corners, the chin prominent, the drilled tightly-curled hair bound in a diadem, the older with similar eyes, the small mouth with fleshy lips slightly parted, the long mustache and beard with drilled symmetrical curls, the hair bound in a diadem, the ties of both falling to the shoulders
10 in. (25.4 cm) high
Provenance
Fine Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Assyrian and Celtic Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 11 April 1960, lot 162
Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 8 May 1976, lot 313
Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 8 May 1976, lot 313