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ROMAN ALABASTER HEAD OF ZEUS SERAPIS

With thick curly hair falling in the traditional vertical tresses, deeply undercut over the brow. After the Hellenistic statue carved by Bryaxis for the Serapeum in Alexandria, ca. 280 BC.

Alexandria, 2nd-3rd Century AD

H. 4 7/8 in. (12 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2004, no. 32
BLV29
SOLD

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