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LOT 0167
Roman Marble Head of Mithras Wearing a Phrygian Cap
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
16 1/4 in. (24.25 kg total, 41.5 cm including stand).
Carved in the round, the god with long wavy locks escaping from beneath his pointed Phrygian cap; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. similar head in place on lifesize statue recovered from the River Tiber and now in the British Museum under accession no. 1846,0507.1.
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