thegetty:Three favorite objects selected by our new curator of antiquities.Head of a Bearded Man, 16
thegetty:Three favorite objects selected by our new curator of antiquities.Head of a Bearded Man, 160–150 B.C., Greek. Marble, 16 in. high. Young Woman (The Elgin Kore), about 475 B.C., Greek. Marble, 27 15/16 in. high. Gem with an Athlete Cleaning Himself with a Strigil, about 500 B.C., attributed to Epimenes. Obsidian set in a modern gold ring, 5/8 x ½ in. All from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum -- source link
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