A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SARAPIS, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D., ON 19TH CENTURY HERM SHOULDERS

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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SARAPIS, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D., ON 19TH CENTURY HERM SHOULDERS

his beard parted in the center and symmetrically arranged in rows of overlapping voluted curls, his long wavy hair falling low over the forehead in four spiral curls, bound in a diadem, flowing freely down the sides, and descending in six corkscrew curls over the nape of the neck; nose restored.

Total height with shoulders 59 cm.; height of head 32 cm.