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ROMAN BALSAMARIUM IN THE FORM OF A BUST OF ANTINOUS 2nd Century AD

Cast bronze, the young deified companion of Hadrian is depicted with a mass of corkscrew curls, he wears a necklace with crescent pendant and headband, raised on a wooden mount.

H: 6.9 in. (mounted).

Provenance: with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2002, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIII, no. 49.

The Jeff Hunter Collection, New York.

LITERATURE:

Cf. Walker, S. and Bierbrierr, M. 1997. Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt. London. pp. 192-193, no. 262.

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ROMAN BALSAMARIUM IN THE FORM OF A BUST OF ANTINOUS 2nd Century AD

Cast bronze, the young deified companion of Hadrian is depicted with a mass of corkscrew curls, he wears a necklace with crescent pendant and headband, raised on a wooden mount.

H: 6.9 in. (mounted).

Provenance: with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2002, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIII, no. 49.

The Jeff Hunter Collection, New York.

LITERATURE:

Cf. Walker, S. and Bierbrierr, M. 1997. Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt. London. pp. 192-193, no. 262.

The Jeff Hunter Collection | Antiquities and Tribal Art

ROMAN BALSAMARIUM IN THE FORM OF A BUST OF ANTINOUS 2nd Century AD

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