A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN
A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN

LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN
LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
His oval face with soft, idealizing features, including droopy eyes with heavy upper lids, a broad triangular nose and small mouth, a fringe of pointed locks along the forehead, the top and back of the head roughly finished, a rectangular mortice at the crown of the head, suggesting that these areas were finished in plaster
9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) high
Provenance
English Private Collection, 1977.

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