Glass portrait head

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169

Opaque deep red.
Solid block.
Carved in the round: male head with short wavy hair and fringe across forehead, arched brows, large eyes, and clean shaven face.
Broken, with large unweathered chip in proper right side of face and side of head, and weathered chips to nose, mouth, and chin; green copper weathering surface.

This small portrait head may represent a prince from the family of Constantine I.

Glass portrait head, Glass, Roman

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Glass portrait head, Glass, Roman
Glass portrait head, Glass, Roman

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