A ROMAN BRONZE SERAPIS
A ROMAN BRONZE SERAPIS

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE SERAPIS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Seated with his feet on an angled rectangular foot stool, clad in a mantle over a long short-sleeved tunic, draped over his lap across his back and over his upraised left arm, his left hand gripping a now-missing scepter, his right arm lowered, with the palm down, depicted with his characteristic full curly forked beard and downturned mustache, his long hair with corkscrew curls framing his face, a fringe of four vertical locks across his forehead, his head surmounted by a tall conical modius decorated with olive branches and a disk
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Hamburg, 1970s.

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