Lot Essay
For the type compare the figure in the Villa Albani, Rome, no. 64 in Fullerton, The Archaistic Style in Roman Statuary.
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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC HEAD OF DIONYSOS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Lifesized, with a full spade-shaped beard of wavy locks, some terminating in coils, overlapped by a thick mustache framing his small mouth, the philtrum bare, his lidded articulated eyes beneath thick brows in shallow relief, the nose slender, the cheekbones pronounced, his hair bound in a rolled diadem, with three rows of corkscrew curls at his forehead and long straight locks falling behind his ears along his neck
13 in. (33 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Lifesized, with a full spade-shaped beard of wavy locks, some terminating in coils, overlapped by a thick mustache framing his small mouth, the philtrum bare, his lidded articulated eyes beneath thick brows in shallow relief, the nose slender, the cheekbones pronounced, his hair bound in a rolled diadem, with three rows of corkscrew curls at his forehead and long straight locks falling behind his ears along his neck
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, New Hampshire, acquired in the mid 1950s.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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