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LOT 0582
Roman Female Bone Doll
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (355 grams total, 21.5 cm including stand).
A Roman or Parthian bone figurine of a female with separate articulated bent arms, piled hairstyle, incised facial features, tiered collar, slender body with lattice detailing to the skirt; bronze stud to the shoulders, wire loop earrings with tubular blue glass beads, gold arm-rings; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Previously acquired in 1971.
with Gallery Delalande, Paris, France.
Property of a Brussels gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Reading Museum, REDMG : 1997.15.1, for a similar figure.
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