Pair of busts

UnknownHellenistic period

Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Patmos, Greece
Patmos, Greece

The pair of busts belongs to the hellenistic works of the Monastery's Treasury. Among the carvings of the hair there are distinguishable mounting holes that retained a metal wreath on the man' s head and a metal diadem on the woman's head.

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Title: Pair of busts
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: Hellenistic period
Στοιχεία έργου: Ζεύγος προτομών, ελληνιστική εποχή. Λευκό μάμαρο.
Περιγραφή: Οι δυο προτομές ανήκουν στα ελληνιστικά έργα του Θησαυροφυλακίου της Μονής. Ανάμεσα στις γλυφές της κόμμωσης διακρίνονται οπές στήριξης στεφάνου για τον άνδρα και διαδήματος για τη γυναίκα, από μέταλλο.
Type: Sculpture
Rights: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, Patmos, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, Patmos
Medium: White marble

Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Patmos, Greece

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