Fragment, Sculpture, Skulptur

Unknown artist

Upper part of large, bearded statue. Right arm bent up to the breast, the hand probably holding some object. Powerful breast, and straight neck. Oval face with large, curly, full beard, which extends from the ears to the top of the chin, but leaves the mouth clear. The beard is rendered by small balls of clay which have been flattened against cheeks and chin, and afterwards given a circular impression made by means of a thin pipe. Plain moustaches. Prominent nose. Large leaf-shaped eyes with convex eye-balls and sculpted lids; well marked eyebrows. Above the forehead, the hair is arranged in small, vertical screw-curls, visible below a wreath composed of flowers and ivy-leaves. On either side of neck, two plaits hang down extending over the breast. The man is wearing a himation hanging over both shoulders, but leaving the right side of the breast uncovered.