Miniature portrait of a man, 100 - 200, Sculpture, Head, Portrait Head, The small silver head represents a figure with curly hair and a full beard and with eyes looking upwards. The curve of the neck and the modest engraving on the back of the head suggest that it derives from a bust that was originally placed in a circular frame. So it is what is known as a tondo portrait, which was presumably mounted in a flat silver dish. One of the places where dishes with this kind of decoration are found is Boscoreale near Pompeii. The silver head was long thought to be a portrait of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). This interpretation was due to a certain similarity in facial features, but there are nevertheless significant differences in the facial form and in the treatment of hair and beard. The head is today thought to be a portrait of an unknown member of the Roman upper classes. This silver head can stylistically be dated to the first half of the first century AD., Height 6.4 cm, Sculpture, Roman, Imperial Period, Antonine Dynasty (138 - 192)
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