Figurine

48-2-268

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 48-2-268
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 300-399 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Helios
Description

Head: Helios. Dark green patina with traces of red. Hollow cast head is broken off at neck. Filled with plaster for mounting. End of nose is damaged. Face is turned slightly to its right. heavily grooved hair forms a crown around the head. Ray-like locks go down back of head. Full and fleshy face. Eyes stare upward.

Height 8.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 141 - Collector Number | L-2-311 - Old Loan Number

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