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PROBABLY CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D., RATHER THAN LATER
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AN EAST ROMAN ORIENTALIZING BONE FEMALE HEAD
PROBABLY CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D., RATHER THAN LATER
Of convex form, wearing elaborate dotted diadem with two heraldic lion head terminals above, her hair worn in an Oriental style with layered ringlets, traces of brown pigment, three attachment holes along lower edge and single gold attachment hook above
1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) high
PROBABLY CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D., RATHER THAN LATER
Of convex form, wearing elaborate dotted diadem with two heraldic lion head terminals above, her hair worn in an Oriental style with layered ringlets, traces of brown pigment, three attachment holes along lower edge and single gold attachment hook above
1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Galerie Nefer, Zurich, Exhibition Catalogue Spring 1995, no. 133 where it is catalogued as Byzantine, 6th Century A.D.
Special notice
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