A Fragmentary Roman Basalt Head of a Woman or Goddess, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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July 5, 02:56 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
A Fragmentary&n🌠bsp;Roman Basalt Head of🉐 a Woman or Goddess
circa 2nd Century A.D.
with parted lips, incised irises and drilled pupils, her voluminous wavy hair coverin𒁏g her ears, the neck carved for insertio🔜n into a statuette.
Height 7.2 cm.
probably McAlpine Ancient Art, London
private collection, London, acquired in the 1990s
Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London
acquired by the present 𝓰ownꦜer from the above in 2007
The rendering of the hair bears some resemblance to mid 5th century B.C. sculpture; compare the head of Myron’s Athena: //arachne.dainst.org/entity/1065584. Greywacke was used for two cop🐓ies of a male head type from that period: arachne.dainst.org/entity/566252; arachne.dainst.org/entity/566250.