Portrait head of man wearing crown decorated with geometric designs. From Asia Minor? Late third century to fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Province:
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
From Asia Minor or Greece
Current Location:
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, inv. 1973.292
OBJECT
Object:
Head, separately worked
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Short-cropped
Height(cm):
37
Attributes:
diadem, jewelled
Beard:
Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
270
Latest:
320
MAIN REFERENCE
Vermeule, C.C., Greek and Roman sculpture in America : masterpieces in public collections in the United States and Canada , Berkeley 1981, 369, no. 320
Rumscheid, J., Kranz und Krone : zu Insignien, Siegespreisen und Ehrenzeichen der römischen Kaiserzeit, Tübingen 2000, 87, 186, no. 153, pl. 59.3-4 (post-Gallienic to pre-Tetrarchic)