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| ROMAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF A PAGE With bow-shaped lips, straight nose, and almond-shaped eyes beneath grooved eyebrows, his long hair arranged in rows of voluted curls and surmounted by a Phrygian cap with beaded decoration. This head is from the lower part of a funerary relief decorated with a depiction of the deceased reclining on a couch with an attendant or page, below, on either side. Cf. a similar head in G. Ploug, The Palmyrene Sculptures in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1995, p. 243, no. 113. Ex private collection, Nice, France, acquired in the 1930's. Palmyra, 3rd Century AD H. 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 33 COPS02 $35,000 Sales |
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