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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF MARS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Clad in a mantle fastened in a high knot at his left shoulder, the folds fanning across his chest, a baldric with stippled scrolling over his right shoulder, wearing a triple-crested helmet with incised hatching, his visor with a palmette at the center and volutes at the ends, surmounting two rows of corkscrew curls that frame his oval face, his head turned to his right, with heavy-lidded articulated eyes beneath gently-arching brows that merge with his prominent nose, his full lips parted
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Clad in a mantle fastened in a high knot at his left shoulder, the folds fanning across his chest, a baldric with stippled scrolling over his right shoulder, wearing a triple-crested helmet with incised hatching, his visor with a palmette at the center and volutes at the ends, surmounting two rows of corkscrew curls that frame his oval face, his head turned to his right, with heavy-lidded articulated eyes beneath gently-arching brows that merge with his prominent nose, his full lips parted
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, New York, early 1980s.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York.
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