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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A GODDESS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With soft youthful features, her almond-shaped lidded eyes unarticulated, the modelled brows merging with the straight nose, her fleshy lips slightly parted and indented at the corners, the center-parted hair with the sides pulled back over the ears and bound in a headcloth covering most of the chignon; together with a Holy Land pottery jug, Middle Bronze Age, circa 1850-1550 B.C.
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high (2)
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With soft youthful features, her almond-shaped lidded eyes unarticulated, the modelled brows merging with the straight nose, her fleshy lips slightly parted and indented at the corners, the center-parted hair with the sides pulled back over the ears and bound in a headcloth covering most of the chignon; together with a Holy Land pottery jug, Middle Bronze Age, circa 1850-1550 B.C.
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Goddess: with Dr. Elie Borowski, Basel, 1973.
Jug: Said to be from Israel and presented to the current owner by the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Joint Campaign, 23 May 1979.
Jug: Said to be from Israel and presented to the current owner by the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Joint Campaign, 23 May 1979.
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