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Bearded male head

about 2nd century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueAlabaster with inlaid eyes of limestone and colored stone and hair of plaster
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 19.5 x 16.5 x 13 cm (7 11/16 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit LineFlorence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund
Accession number2001.261
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1960s, said to have been inherited from his father by Iraj Kashanian (dealer), Forest Hills, NY [see note]; about 2001, sold by Kashanian to Safani Gallery, New York; 2001, sold by Safani Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2001)

NOTE: According to a signed statement from Iraj Kashanian (2001).
CopyrightHorace and Florence Mayer Fund
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