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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD (305-30 B.C.)
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE FRAGMENTARY FEMALE BUST OF A SONGSTRESS OF THE DIVINE BARQUE
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD (305-30 B.C.)
Wearing a long tripartite wig with stylized echelon curls and a fillet tied at the rear, her tunic with beaded neckline, wearing a tightly pleated garment drawn around the shoulders and crossed over her breasts, traces of gold leaf and pigment on the knotted tie below, the face largely erased, the back pillar with inscribed hieroglyphs, mounted
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD (305-30 B.C.)
Wearing a long tripartite wig with stylized echelon curls and a fillet tied at the rear, her tunic with beaded neckline, wearing a tightly pleated garment drawn around the shoulders and crossed over her breasts, traces of gold leaf and pigment on the knotted tie below, the face largely erased, the back pillar with inscribed hieroglyphs, mounted
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 1993.
Special notice
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