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Portrait Bust (3D, Reduced Copy) of Hermes, Unknown Manufacturer, No Date.

Inventory Number 11300


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11300

Subject
Portraits
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
"1232 / 23"
Physical material
Porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 295mm Width: 230mm Depth: 170mm Weight: 1650g
Inventory No
11300

Description

A small portrait bust of Hermes. After Hermes of Praxiteles - the statue of the Greek God located at Olympia Museum in Greece where Hermes is depicted carrying the infant Dionysos.