Lot 89
  • 89

A Roman Bronze Head of a Youth, Circa 1st half of the 3rd Century A.D.

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • A Roman Bronze Head of a Youth
  • Bronze
  • Height 3 3/4 in. 9.5 cm.
with broad straight nose, large eyes with incised irises and indented pupils, and incised eyebrows, his short-cropped hair radiating from the crown.

Provenance

Mathias Komor, New York, inv. no. E 457
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar P. Richardson, Philadelphia, acquired from the above in May 1974 (Sotheby's, New York, December 11th, 2002, no. 204, illus.)

Condition

Fragmentary, proper right side of jaw and proper right side of head restored, hole through top of proper left ear, scattered nicks and indentations, Mathias Komor label inside proper left cheek labeled E457.
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