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Roman Terracotta Sculpture of a Head of Emperor Domitian

SKU P.2103
Circa

80 AD to 100 AD

Dimensions

4.25″ (10.8cm) high x 3.75″ (9.5cm) wide

Medium

Terracotta

Origin

Bethlehem, Israel

Gallery Location

USA


 

This exquisite little head displays the sensitive modeling and expressive features of a much larger sculpture, upon which it is perhaps based. Is this introspective youth some heir to the Imperial throne . There is a slight, yearning melancholy about him, as if he were remembering the faded glories of the Classical world. His eyes are those of a dreamer, and gazing upon him, we ourselves are transported to other realms.

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