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Lot 126W
1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £43,250 inc. premium
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A Roman marble janiform herm
Eastern Empire, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Depicting on one side the head of a young man, with large almond-shaped eyes and full lips, the hair combed straight over the forehead, on the other side the head of a mature man with long curly beard, long slender nose and small eyes with drilled tear ducts and carved pupils, wearing a wreath of vine leaves and grapes, 11¾in (30cm) high, mounted
Eastern Empire, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Depicting on one side the head of a young man, with large almond-shaped eyes and full lips, the hair combed straight over the forehead, on the other side the head of a mature man with long curly beard, long slender nose and small eyes with drilled tear ducts and carved pupils, wearing a wreath of vine leaves and grapes, 11¾in (30cm) high, mounted
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Provenance:
German private collection, formed in the 1980s.
























