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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A GOD
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In Classicizing style, inspired by a Greek original of the 5th century B.C., perhaps depicting Jupiter, the god with a spade-shaped beard of thin wavy locks and an overlapping mustache framing his thin lips, his large lidded eyes unarticulated, his hair bound in a narrow band and falling in a thick mass at the back, three rows of tightly curled ringlets framing his forehead
7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In Classicizing style, inspired by a Greek original of the 5th century B.C., perhaps depicting Jupiter, the god with a spade-shaped beard of thin wavy locks and an overlapping mustache framing his thin lips, his large lidded eyes unarticulated, his hair bound in a narrow band and falling in a thick mass at the back, three rows of tightly curled ringlets framing his forehead
7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high
Provenance
European Private Collection, 1990s.