A Hellenistic Marble Head of a Ptolemaic Queen, 3rd/2nd Century B.C.
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July 7, 03:35 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Hellenistic Marble Head of a Ptolemaic Queen
3rd/2nd Century B.C.
under lifesize, with parted lips, eyes with recessed pupils probably once inlaid, and ears pierced for applied jewellery, the hair roughly worked, the back formerly completed in stucco, the neck carved for insertion into a bust or statue.
Height 22.5 cm.
private collection, Bordeaux, acquired in the 1950s
French private collection, by descent from the above (Jack-Philippe Ruellan, Vannes, May 14th, 2022, no. 194, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
For a related under lifesize head of a Ptolemaic queen in the Louvre see H. Kyrieleis, Bildnisse der Ptolemäer, 1975, p. 183, no. L6, pl. 97.
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