A Roman Marble Figure of Isis or a Priestess of Isis, circa 1st Century A.D.

standing with the weight on her right leg with her right arm raised and holding a fragmentary situla in her left hand, and wearing sandals, chiton, and himation falling from the left shoulder and tied in a knot between the breasts, her hair falling in long curls over the shoulders; remains of pigment on the hair.

private collection, Aix-en-Provence, acquired in or prior to the 1950s

As shown and described, back carved flat with summary treatment of drapery, there is a large shallow loss to the bottom of the figure in back, surface is quite dirty overall from prolonged exposure to palm grease, nicotine, dust, etc., and can be cleaned.
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For a similarly draped figure of Isis formerly in the Dattari Collection see S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, Vol. V, Paris, 1924, p. 226, no. 1.