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ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APOLLO In the style of a Greek sculpture of the 5th Century BC, with straight nose, parted lips drilled in the inner corners, and almond-shaped eyes, his wavy hair radiating from the crown, parted in the center over the forehead, and bound with a double mitra. For related heads in the classicizing style see Paul Zanker, Klassizistische Statuen: Studien zur Veränderung des Kunstgeschmacks in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Mainz, 1974, pls. 68-69. Ex English collection dispersed in 1988; collection of Ortrud Carstens, New York, acquired from Royal-Athena in 2005. Earlier 1st Century AD H. 10 in. (24.5 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2011, no. 19 Art of the Ancient World, 2003, no. 24 SNF101 SOLD |
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