Collection Online
Bust of Serapis
Medium
calcite
Measurements
17.2 × 17.4 × 6.4 cm
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Inscription
none
Accession Number
4103-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Small bust portraying the typical facial features of the god Serapis with long curly hair and beard, and solemn, blank facial expression. A hole has been bored into the top of the head and another one at the base of the shoulder line underneath. The bust was presumably made to sit on something ledge-like by the way the back has been stepped in.