A Hellenistic Marble Head of a Man or God, circa 2nd/1st Century B.C.

turned slightly to his left, with long powerful neck carved for insertion, unruly beard and moustache, full lower lip, and prominent brow, his long hair swept up, back, and covering the ears, the top and back unworked and possibly once completed in stucco.

French private collection, acquired in the 1970s

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