CIRCA 3RD CENTURY CE STONE HEAD OF A GODDESS

in Hellenistic taste, with intricately coiffed hair, parted lips, eyes cast slightly downward, mounted on modern wood base; height of head only: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.), including base: 30 cm (11 3/4 in.)

PROVENANCE
Private collection, New York, since circa 1960s

CONDITION
The head appears in age-appropriate condition. Overall surface dust, rubbing and roughness. Small scattered chips to the cheeks and neck.

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Session I: Russian and Asian Art, Antiques and Jewelry, lots 1-331
Session II: European, North and South American, and Ethnographic Art, Antiques, Jewelry, and Design, lots 500-827

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