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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE CALF-HEAD PROTOME
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Naturalistically depicted, the deeply-drilled open mouth with fleshy lips, flaring nostrils, large articulated eyes with modelled upper lids and indented tear ducts, budding horns and upturned ears, with thin folds of flesh separating the head from the neck, the back and underside coarsely finished and centered by a rectangular channel for attachment
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Naturalistically depicted, the deeply-drilled open mouth with fleshy lips, flaring nostrils, large articulated eyes with modelled upper lids and indented tear ducts, budding horns and upturned ears, with thin folds of flesh separating the head from the neck, the back and underside coarsely finished and centered by a rectangular channel for attachment
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Belgian Private Collection, 1990s.
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