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A HELLENISTIC MARBLE MASK OF SARAPIS, EGYPT, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. | A Hellenistic Marble Mask of Sarapis, Egypt
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description
- Height 19 cm.
with parted lips, large eyes, and prominent brow, the back roughly worked and with a rectangular hole, traces of stucco underneath the chin and of red pigment inside the mouth and around the eyes, the hair and beard formerly added in stucco; no restorations.
Provenance
John Jermain Slocum (1914-1997), Newport, Rhode Island, acquired in the 1960s, probably in Egypt (Ancient Objects, Providence, Rhode Island, October 15th, 2017, no. 231, illus.)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Catalogue Note
For closely related masks of Sarapis see A. Adriani, Repertorio d’arte dell’Egitto greco-romano, serie A, vol. 2, 1961, p. 67f., nos. 223–227, pl. 102f.