AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE BUST OF A LATE PTOLEMAIC QUEEN OR GODDESS

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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE BUST OF A LATE PTOLEMAIC QUEEN OR GODDESS

CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE BUST OF A LATE PTOLEMAIC QUEEN OR GODDESS
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Wearing echeloned tripartite wig, left plain at back, wearing a loose-folded garment, holding a lily-sceptre in her left hand, mounted
8¾ in. (22.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired 1948, Basil Jonzen.

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Lot Essay

Cf. S. Walker and P. Higgs (eds), Cleopatra of Egypt: from History to Myth, The British Museum, London, 2001, p. 169, no. 168; and A. M. Donadoni, Il Museo Egizio di Torino, Turin, 1993, p. 207 for similar.

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