A LATE HELLENISTIC OR ROMAN BRONZE HEAD OF AN AFRICAN

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A LATE HELLENISTIC OR ROMAN BRONZE HEAD OF AN AFRICAN
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The youthful male naturalistically depicted, his hair composed of rows of short echeloned curls, the brow furrowed, the lidded eyes articulated, with a broad nose and full lips, the cheek bones pronounced, the chin square
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; NFA Classical Auctions, Inc., New York, 11 December 1991, lot 134.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1993.

Lot Essay

For related examples and a survey of the tradition of representing Africans in ancient art, see Snowden, "Iconographic Evidence on the Black Populations in Greco-Roman Antiquity," ch. 3 in Vercoutter, et al., The Image of the Black in Western Art, vol. I.

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