A terracotta head of an aulos player

CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

细节
A terracotta head of an aulos player
Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
One eye closed, with strap tied across his jaw leaving two small openings for playing the double pipes, detailed hair and expression; and another of Isis wearing a kalathos and plumed sun-disk, with taeniae falling down on either side of her neck, both mounted on perspex
Both 2½in. (6.3cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

For item one see Lot 188 of this sale in which there is a scene of a double flute-player wearing such a strap as he plays before two judges