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IMPORTANT HELLENISTIC OVER LIFE-SIZE MARBLE BUST OF PARIS The youth shown turning to gaze to his right, the wide-open almond eyes finely carved, with curly locks emerging from beneath his Phrygian cap, the characteristic top-knop and back-flap now missing, the side-flaps buckled at the back of the head. Cf. P. Zanker, Klassizistische Statuen: Studien zur Veränderung des Kunstgeschmacks in der römischen Kaiserzeit, (1974), pl. 82. Ex American collection, acquired between 1970 and 1989; thence by descent. 2nd Century BC H. 17 in. (43.2 cm.) BLE03 P.O.R. Sales |
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