A Roman Giallo Antico Marble Herm Bust of Dionysos, circa 2nd Century A.D.

A Roman Giallo Antico Marble Herm Bust of Dionysos

circa 2nd Century A.D.

with a long beard of wavy voluted curls and mustache, and eyes recessed for inlay, his centrally parted hair bound in a fillet, arranged in a row of spiral curls over the forehead, and falling in twin braids before the ears and in long wavy locks over the shoulders, anathyrosis on the back; no restorations.

Height 22.5 cm.