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LSA-2119 Under life-size porphyry portrait head of Emperor. Unknown provenance. Late fourth to early fifth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region:
Details: purchased at Bonhams, London in 1994
Current Location: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, inv. no. AN 1994.58
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Porphyry Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 21.5
Attributes: diadem, jewelled Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 375 Latest: 450
MAIN REFERENCE
Bonhams, Fine antiquities : auction, Bonhams Knightsbridge, Tuesday 5th July, 1994.
, London 1994, 44-5, no. 145, with figures and cover page

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