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A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN BRONZE CAVALRY PARADE HELMET MASK, CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

probably depicting an Amazon, with outlined lip and finely incised diagonally striated lower lashes and chevron-patterned upper lashes, fragmentary iris rings in the eye sockets, a tongue pattern framing the forehead and temples and centering a small shell, the hair flowing in two rows of thick wavy curls down the side.

Height 14.5 cm.; width 18.3 cm.

Rural Bride, August Sander, 1920-25, MoMA- Photography   

Acquired through the generosity of the family of August Sander Size- 10 3/16 × 7 3/8" (25.8 × 18.7 cm) 

Medium- Gelatin silver print

  http-//www.moma.org/collection/works/193659.