Eastern Roman Stone Relief of Medusa
2nd-3rd century A.D. With a ledge to the base, carved high-relief mask of Medusa with complex banded hairstyle with diadem to the brow, lateral tresses framing the face developing to serpents forming a 'Hercules knot' beneath the chin; the face with deep-set eyes beneath a heavy brow, prominent nose above pursed lip; the base keyed to accept a plaster overlay; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. similar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession number 20.215. 33.1 kg total, 53 cm including stand (21 in.).

Ex P.A., Hertfordshire, UK, specialist collection of Greek art, 1980-1990s.