Alabastrin marble. H 7cm
Roman art, XNUMXst - XNUMXrd century
For apotropaic use. Depicting a bearded virile head surmounting a
phallus. Hanging hole above the skull.
A roman alabaster apotropaic element depicting a bearded man face
surmounting a phallus. Hanging hole.1st-3rd century AD
Origin
Former English private collection Herbert Stone, Essex (1940)
Bonham's London sale, 2009
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