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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A WOMAN
CIRCA MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A WOMAN
Circa Mid 2nd Century A.D.
With an oval face, her hair pulled back from the center and rolled over a wide decorative fillet, a head cloth above and a veil pulled up over the back of her head, her lidded eyes with the pupils incised, her thin lips slightly parted and drilled at the corners, her chin rounded, wearing ball earrings (one preserved)
12¼ in. (31.1 cm) high
Circa Mid 2nd Century A.D.
With an oval face, her hair pulled back from the center and rolled over a wide decorative fillet, a head cloth above and a veil pulled up over the back of her head, her lidded eyes with the pupils incised, her thin lips slightly parted and drilled at the corners, her chin rounded, wearing ball earrings (one preserved)
12¼ in. (31.1 cm) high
Provenance
Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York
Fine Antiquities Auction, Superior Galleries, 8-9 June 1993, lot 629
Fine Antiquities Auction, Superior Galleries, 12 March 1994, lot 170
Fine Antiquities Auction, Superior Galleries, 8-9 June 1993, lot 629
Fine Antiquities Auction, Superior Galleries, 12 March 1994, lot 170