Fragment of a male portrait
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Drinking mug in the form of a bearded Persian

Fragment of a bearded male head

Classification
sculpture / statue; statue
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 13.8 cm
Date
150–175
Period
2nd century A.D.
Material
marble analysis; marble
Iconography
male figure; male head
Findspot
Lebanon
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Budapest, Hungarian National Museum
Inventory
8418
ID
Hyp-3842
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 164; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 187; Hekler 1929, 154, no. 160

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of Naxian or Ephesian marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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