Head of a Man with Full Cheeks

3rd-1st century BCE

10 cm 13 cm 9.5 cm

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The shape of this face is a somewhat unusual with its puffy cheeks, short forehead, and triangular, pointed chin. Idealized portraits of women generally have less expressive features; therefore, it is possible that a man is represented.

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76466
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Sale, Sotheby's, London, May 18, 1970, lot 64; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, May 18, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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en
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