HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF ISIS-APHRODITE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Probably from Alexandria, finely sculpted, her head slightly turned to her left with downward gaze, long neck with naturalistic contours, bowed lips, her wavy hair centrally parted and pulled back, circular mortise on the crown, the reverse roughly hewn
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, UK; acquired in Bern, Switzerland, 1973.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
H. Jucker, "Zwei Hellenistische Isisköpfe aus Ägypten," Alessandria e il mondo Ellenistico-Romano, Rome, 1983, pp. 185-189.
Based on the Praxitelian prototype of the 4th Century B.C.,the style of the present head suggests an Alexandrian workshop. The back of the head and remaining figure would have been finished in stucco.
Hans Jucker suggests that this might be from the same workshop as lot 118.

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