Description:

Egypt, Romano-Egyptian / Roman Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A wonderful pottery head of a bald man featuring traditional characteristics of the Emperor Vespasian with a broad face, heavy-lidded eyes, fleshy lips, and a thick neck. Size: 1.7" L x 1.4" W x 1.7" H (4.3 cm x 3.6 cm x 4.3 cm)

Exhibited with the Lily Place Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art, ref. no. 28.24.122; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1996 to 2023, reference number EL01.177.1996.

Published in Dr. Gerry D. Scott III. "Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection." University of California Press, 1992, pp. 119, 121, fig. 76a.

Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA; Exhibited with the Lily Place Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art, ref. no. 28.24.122; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1996 to 2023, reference number EL01.177.1996; Published in "Temple, Tomb, and Dwelling", fig. 76a

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  • Condition: Fragment of a larger piece with chipping to neck and expected nicks and abrasions to surface as shown. Nice remaining pigments. Old collection number inscribed on verso.

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