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Photo: Paul Macapia
Head of a youth
Photo: Paul Macapia

Head of a youth

Date4th - 5th century
Label TextThese three heads are "Roman" insofar as they are portraits of three individuals living within the Roman sphere of influence. All three heads, to differing extents, show the indigenous aesthetics of their makers: the Gallo-Roman head, from one of the most "Romanized" regions outside of Italy, is modeled as a Hellenistic ideal; the Qatabanian head is distinctly flattened, and the large eye cavities are now empty of the typical Near Eastern inlays; and the Kushan head's striated hair is characteristic of the Roman Empire's eastern neighbor.
Object number48.37
ProvenanceHeeramaneck Galleries, New York, January 28, 1948; Eugene Fuller Fund
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions6 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (17.5 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm)
MediumStone, bronze
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Roman, Palmyra (modern Syria)
2nd century
Object number: 42.11
Roman Provincial
ca. 3rd -4th century
Object number: 2024.22.2
Rhyton (drinking vessel) in the form of a Griffin with Design of Nike on an Eros
Greek, Taras (southern Italy)
ca. 350 - 330 B.C.
Object number: 67.120
Antefix with Medusa
Greek, southern Italy
6th century B.C.
Object number: 2002.40
Photo: Paul Macapia
Roman
1st century
Object number: 48.221
Luristani (modern western Iran)
700-400 B.C.
Object number: 2007.98
Luristani (modern western Iran)
700-400 B.C.
Object number: 2007.99
Luristani (modern western Iran)
700-400 B.C.E.
Object number: 2007.100
Luristani (modern western Iran)
700-400 B.C.E.
Object number: 2007.103
Luristani (modern western Iran)
700-400 B.C.E.
Object number: 2007.104
Luristani (modern western Iran)
700-400 B.C.E.
Object number: 2007.105