Male Head with Laurel Leaf

1st century BC (Greco-Roman) H: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) Citation Source image

The combination of the laurel wreath and the lotus leaf over the forehead suggests that this man was likely a deified ruler.

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Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Cairo, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 355, no. 492, pl. 44; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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