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.
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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