Dionysos Mask

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Colossal limestone mask-like head of Dionysos, broken from a pillar or herm. He is shown wearing a wreath of ivy, with a thick moustache and full beard. The surface is very abraded, especially on the front, but the features are discernible. The hair is carved as long strands which abruptly stop at the sides. The back has an extensive area of rasp marks and a central oblong broken surface indicating that the head was broken from a pillar or herm. The remains of the pillar are a roughly rectangular panel 52 cm high by between 19 cm wide at the top and bottom, swelling slightly in the middle to around 24 cm. The short side at the bottom is rounded. The top of the pillar, where the mask was attached, must have jutted out to accommodate the head, which would explain the broken, proud surface at the rear. Date: 100 BC-100 AD. Photos taken in Maya 2019 with a Sony a6000 and processed in Reality Capture.   This object comes with texture, if you have any problem with it contact us at stw@myminifactory.com