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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED FEMALE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Standing on an integral plinth with her weight on her right leg, her left bent at the knee, wearing a floor-length chiton and a himation wrapped around her hips, its corner weighted, the U-shaped folds of the himation contrasting with the deeply carved vertical folds of her chiton, all falling gracefully over the elongated body, a small drilled hole above the left elbow originally holding a now-lost attribute, perhaps a cornucopia, which would identify the figure as Tyche
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Standing on an integral plinth with her weight on her right leg, her left bent at the knee, wearing a floor-length chiton and a himation wrapped around her hips, its corner weighted, the U-shaped folds of the himation contrasting with the deeply carved vertical folds of her chiton, all falling gracefully over the elongated body, a small drilled hole above the left elbow originally holding a now-lost attribute, perhaps a cornucopia, which would identify the figure as Tyche
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, New York, acquired in the 1970s.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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