Roman Bone Female Idol

EASTERN EMPIRE, 3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.

5 1/2 in. (36 grams, 14 cm).

Female figure with tiered hairstyle, carved face with carinated nose and slit mouth, stepped collar, conical garment wrapped around her lower body; attachment points for separate arms (absent).

Provenance

with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.

Literature

See British Museum, accession number 1853,1219.60, for a comparable (partial) figure.

CONDITION

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