A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF ISIS-APHRODITE

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF ISIS-APHRODITE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Probably from Alexandria, with downward gaze, neck with naturalistic contours, her wavy hair centre-parted with two ringlets framing face, lips and eyes with remains of red pigment, top and back of head roughly hewn
8 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, UK; acquired in Bern, Switzerland, 1973.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
H. Jucker, "Zwei Hellenistische Isisköpfe aus Ägypten", Alessandria e il Mondo Ellenistico-Romano, Rome, 1983, pp.185-189.
This head is typical of the Alexandrian style and would have been finished in stucco.
Hans Jucker suggests that this might be from the same workshop as lot 117.

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