Grotesque male head, clay, pressed into form, hand modeled, fired (ceramic), clay, Total: height: cm, Pottery, Slavery; Slaves, Man, Early Imperial Period, Middle Imperial Period, Late Imperial Period, The grotesque, almost neckless head of a man with a wreath of hair and occipital baldness, strongly shifted lower face and a thick tongue stuck out probably originally belonged to a statuette of a member of the lower class. The large eyes with bulging eyebrows and pierced pupils, the large broad nose with a slight hook and bend at the root are striking.

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Model Released: No

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