Bust of an Old Man

ca. 660-650 BCE (Late Period)

10.3 cm 19 cm 6.9 cm

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The flesh folds around the mouth, the pockets beneath the eyes, the sharply furrowed brow, and the downward turn of the mouth impart a sense of emotion and experience to this sculpture. Indeed, the expression is almost fierce.

Sculpture

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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