Sculpture

MS4917

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Italy | Campania | Teano

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4917
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Campania | Teano
Locus Bath Building, Area XV, Locus F.
Period Flavian Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Limestone | Marble (Stone)
Technique Carved
Iconography Mask | River God
Description

Mask of river god. Colossal (4x) mask. Long wavy beard, broken off below. Soft tufalike stone; signs of water corrosion.

Height 75 cm
Width 57 cm
Depth 25.5 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1909

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