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Baroque spoon, silver, Poland, ca. 1650
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Madonna and Child (Mother of God of Mariampole), woodcut on handmade paper, Poland, 18th/19th century.
Madonna and Child (Mother of God of Mariampole), woodcut on handmade paper, Poland, 18th/19th century. 2400,00 zł

Gallo-Roman sculpture of the head of Eros (?), marble, 1st-3rd century A.D.

2400,00 zł

Full-plastic head sculpture made of white marble, facial features treated quite schematically except for the characteristic almond-shaped eyes and “Gioconda’s smile.” The nose is flat, the hair reaching the neck, wavy around the line of the face, at the back the hairstyle treated schematically. The shape of the neck from underneath allows us to conclude that the head was originally part of a larger composition. The sculpture is placed on a custom-made, two-stage pedestal of black marble.

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Weight 0,453 kg
Dimensions 9 × 6,5 × 15 cm
Type

Sculpture
Form

Full-frame representation of the human head
Materiał

White marble
Kolorystyka

Beige-gray

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Black

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White
Technika

Hand carving
Czas powstania

1st – 3rd century after Chr.
Era

Roman Period
Style

Gallo-Roman, a subtle combination of Roman naturalism and Celtic symbolism, with touches that give a simultaneously realistic and stylized effect. One of its distinctive features is the almond-shaped eyes, which were often disproportionately large in relation to the rest of the face.
Kraj pochodzenia

Roman Empire
Autor

Anonymous sculptor with Celtic roots
State of preservation

A faint trace of repair, consisting of gluing the lower part of the face, but otherwise very good – no losses or restorations. Traces of surface oxidation of the marble in the form of lighter discoloration in places.

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