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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GREEK MARBLE FEMALE HEAD
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK MARBLE FEMALE HEAD
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Perhaps a goddess, depicted as a young woman, her head turned slightly to the left, with large convex lidded eyes, her thin arching brows merging with the nose, small mouth, her centre-parted wavy hair bound a in fillet over small ears just visible, the back of the head left for completion in plaster, iron tangs at the crown for insertion of attribute
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Perhaps a goddess, depicted as a young woman, her head turned slightly to the left, with large convex lidded eyes, her thin arching brows merging with the nose, small mouth, her centre-parted wavy hair bound a in fillet over small ears just visible, the back of the head left for completion in plaster, iron tangs at the crown for insertion of attribute
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by Charles-Mélchior, Marquis de Vogüé (1829-1916), France, prior to 1910; thence by decsent to the present owner.
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