<em>Curly-Haired Youth</em>, 150–30 B.C.E. Green siltstone or greywacke, 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (12 × 9 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 62.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.62.2_view01.jpg)

Curly-Haired Youth

Medium: Green siltstone or greywacke

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:150–30 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (12 × 9 × 9 cm)

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Accession Number: 62.2

Image: CUR.62.2_view01.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Green schist head of a man broken from a statue. Hair worked in a mass of conventionalized curls in Hellenistic style, matt finish, ears exposed. Face with individual features, apparently a portrait, deep set eyes, furrows from eyes and again from nose, skin areas polished. Minute section of back pillar remains. Condition: Nose broken, chipped above eyes, a few scattered marks. Upper lip and chin chipped.

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