2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A LATE HELLENISTIC PARCEL-GILT SILVER REPOUSSÉ BUST OF A MALE DEITY
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
With head turned to his left, wearing laurel wreath, with gilded hair falling in thick ringlets around his face, bearded with long moustache, eyes with articulated pupils, wearing gilded tunic with faint stippling, within remains of a radiate foliate and acanthus leaf border, gilding with chased details, in two sections
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
With head turned to his left, wearing laurel wreath, with gilded hair falling in thick ringlets around his face, bearded with long moustache, eyes with articulated pupils, wearing gilded tunic with faint stippling, within remains of a radiate foliate and acanthus leaf border, gilding with chased details, in two sections
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold Christie's London, 13 May 2003, lot 99.
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The provenance should read Christie's London, 13 May 2003, lot 252.
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