拍品專文
For related basalt sculpture from the Hauran, Syria, see nos. 15-28 in Caubet, Aux Sources du Monde Arabe, L'Arabie avant l'Islam, Collections du Musée du Louvre.
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SYRIAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
細節
A ROMAN BASALT HEAD OF MERCURY
SYRIAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Wearing a petasos peaked at the front and adorned with sprigs of olive, short wings rising up at the forehead and overlapping the edge of the cap, a fringe of hair protruding from below the rim, framing his face, with wide eyes, a triangular nose and small mouth, a garment over his left shoulder and back partially preserved
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
SYRIAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Wearing a petasos peaked at the front and adorned with sprigs of olive, short wings rising up at the forehead and overlapping the edge of the cap, a fringe of hair protruding from below the rim, framing his face, with wide eyes, a triangular nose and small mouth, a garment over his left shoulder and back partially preserved
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
來源
European Collection, 1960s-1970s.