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PROPERTY FROM AN AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF SOL
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF SOL
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The sun god wearing a chlamys pinned at each shoulder, his head turned to his right, with long flame-like radiating locks crowning his head, his youthful face with almond-shaped eyes and incised pupils beneath arching brows, the small mouth agape
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The sun god wearing a chlamys pinned at each shoulder, his head turned to his right, with long flame-like radiating locks crowning his head, his youthful face with almond-shaped eyes and incised pupils beneath arching brows, the small mouth agape
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by a member of the German diplomatic service in Istanbul, Ankara, and Thessaloniki, 1920s-early 1930s, and imported into Germany at that time; thence by descent.
Literature
K.A. Neugebauer, Antiken in Deutschem Privatbesitz, Berlin, 1938, no. 86.
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