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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN ARCHAISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF ATHENA
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Wearing helmet surmounted by fragmentary sphinx and decorated with ram heads in low relief, her braided hair swept over the temples, eyes inlaid, with restoration, on socled mount
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Wearing helmet surmounted by fragmentary sphinx and decorated with ram heads in low relief, her braided hair swept over the temples, eyes inlaid, with restoration, on socled mount
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the Polish-French sculptor, Paul Landowski (1875-1961), sculptor of the landmark statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Special notice
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