From the permanent collection · September 24, 2026

Bronze figure of a boy in Eastern dress
Unknown artist · mid-late 1st century BCE
Bronze
Bronze figure of a boy in Eastern dress, by an unknown artist, mid-late 1st century BCE.
Bronze.
From the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1949.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1949
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