A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A PRIEST
A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A PRIEST

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A PRIEST
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
From a funerary bust, wearing a high cylindrical headdress with two vertical grooves, his face with downturned nose, square chin and prominent ears, his arching brows sharply defined, the thickly-lidded eyes with the pupils and irises incised, a dimple below the thin lips
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
European Private Collection, 1980s.

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