Imperial Roman Head of Youthful Asclepius
Carrara marble,
late Hadrianic to early Antonine

ca. AD138-180
Height: 25.4 cm. (10 in.)
Width: 41.2 cm. (16 1/4 in.)


Ex: private New York collection, early 1980's



Published:
Antiquarium Ltd.; The Good Life. Luxury Objects of the Ancient World (New York, 1999) p.27
Art & Auction 1987:



Comparanda:
Giuliano, Antonio (ed.); Museo Nazionale Romano. Le Sculture. I, 1 (Rome, 1979) no.63, 112
Comstock, Mary & Cornelius Vermeule; Sculpture in Stone. The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Boston, 1976) no.156