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Description: | A possibly Roman cast copper-alloy bust which may have possibly functioned as a vessel mount. It consists of the head and upper body and it is uncertain if the individual depicted is male or female, but on balance appears more male in form. The large oval shaped head has hair depicted by wavy mouldings, the eyes, nose and mouth are also depicted by mouldings, now worn. Below the head is the neck, shoulders and breast. There is a V-shaped moulding of clothing covering half of the chest and one breast is bare. The head has a relatively flat back face and the shoulders and breast have a flat back face which slopes forwards from the neck at a circa 45 degree angle, when viewed in side profile. The back face is also slightly curvilinear, as would be expected if this bust was a vessel mount. No attachment device can be seen but it is possible that the back face of the shoulders and breast was soldered onto a vessel.The object measures 50.03mm in height and is 20.89mm in width across the head and 35.27mm in width across the shoulders.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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