Lot 105
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A GREEK MARBLE RELIEF HEAD OF A WOMAN
A GREEK MARBLE RELIEF HEAD OF A WOMAN
A GREEK MARBLE RELIEF HEAD OF A WOMAN
A GREEK MARBLE RELIEF HEAD OF A WOMAN
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A GREEK MARBLE RELIEF HEAD OF A WOMAN

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

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A GREEK MARBLE RELIEF HEAD OF A WOMAN
LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with 19th Century inscribed copper label on the reverse.
Piasa, Drouot Richelieu, Paris, 13 June 2003, lot 116.
French private collection.
Antiquities; Sotheby's, New York, 7 December 2005, lot 48.
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Lot Essay

From an Attic funerary stele, depicting a female head with hair centrally parted and bound in a fillet, with remains of veil falling down behind. The copper label on the reverse reading "Trouvée au village de Marcopoulo dème de Koropi".

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