Lot 42
42
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A WOMAN
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A WOMAN
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A WOMAN
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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A WOMAN

CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A WOMAN
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Mary Woodard Lasker (1900-1994), Greenwich, CT.; thence by bequest to the Mary Woodard Lasker Charitable Trust.
For the Benefit of the Mary Woodard Lasker Charitable Trust; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 2 June 1995, lot 69.
with Robin Symes (1939-2023), London, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1999.

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Lot Essay

Likely from a life-sized Attic funerary monument or naiskos, this head of a woman features an idealized visage with deeply-set, almond-shaped eyes beneath gently-arching brows, a straight nose and full, bow-shaped lips. Her hair is summarily rendered, arranged in a loose double-knot above her forehead and covering the tops of her ears, with the lobes pierced. For related examples, see nos. 3.391a and 3.392b in C.W. Clairmont, Classical Attic Tombstones, vol. III.

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