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CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF MARS ULTOR
CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The god wearing a crested Corinthian helmet high on his head, his deeply-drilled luscious curls emerging below the rim and framing his forehead, the helmet with partially-preserved ram heads in relief on the cheek-guards, his beard a mass of corkscrew curls deeply drilled and arranged in rows, the moustache downturned, his lips parted revealing his teeth, his eyes with heavy upper lids, the pupils delineated, the inner canthi deeply drilled
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The god wearing a crested Corinthian helmet high on his head, his deeply-drilled luscious curls emerging below the rim and framing his forehead, the helmet with partially-preserved ram heads in relief on the cheek-guards, his beard a mass of corkscrew curls deeply drilled and arranged in rows, the moustache downturned, his lips parted revealing his teeth, his eyes with heavy upper lids, the pupils delineated, the inner canthi deeply drilled
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
Provenance
with Robin Symes, London, mid 1980s.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York, 1987 (Visages, Ancient Heads and Masks, 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1400).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 13 June 2000, lot 309.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York, 1987 (Visages, Ancient Heads and Masks, 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1400).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 13 June 2000, lot 309.