HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A GIRL
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
With her hair pulled back in a melon coiffure, with a twisted double plait behind the ears encircling the head, her oval face with heavy-lidded almond-shaped eyes and a small mouth
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by the father of the current owner and brought to South America in 1950-1951.

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Lot Essay

This head is likely from a figure of a child votary and is related to a group of small marble figures in this scale and style, the so-called Arktoi or "bears," young girls who provided cult functions at the temple of Artemis at Brauron near Athens. See for example no. 50, p. 113 in True and Hamma, A Passion for Antiquities, Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman.

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