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LOT 0135
Eastern Roman Stone Relief of Medusa
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
21 in. (33.1 kg total, 53 cm including stand).
With a ledge to the base, carved high-relief mask of Medusa with complex banded hairstyle with diadem to the brow, lateral tresses framing the face developing to serpents forming a 'Hercules knot' beneath the chin; the face with deep-set eyes beneath a heavy brow, prominent nose above pursed lip; the base keyed to accept a plaster overlay; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx P.A., Hertfordshire, UK, specialist collection of Greek art, 1980-1990s.
LiteratureCf. similar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession number 20.215.
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