A ROMAN BONE ARTICULATED DOLL

CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BONE ARTICULATED DOLL
CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Finely modelled representing an adult female, with hair centrally parted and drawn back in thick coils and tied at the nape of her neck in a chignon, with elongated torso and limbs, small breasts, navel and pubic triangle indicated, arms pinned at shoulder and elbows, her large hands with fingers held flat, legs pinned at hips and knees, naked except for delicate pointed shoes
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high

Provenance

with L'Art Ancien, Montreal, Canada, 1975.

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Lot Essay

Unclothed so that Roman girls could dress and undress them, Roman dolls are rare due to their nature of being played with, handled and broken. For a similar doll in ivory now in the Museo Nazionale, Rome, cf. exhibition catalogue, Rome: 1000 ans de Civilisation, Montreal, 1992, no. 186.

CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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