A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A QUEEN PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C. Probably depicting Arsinoe II, her head inclined to her left, her long neck with subtle Venus lines, her oval face with a spade-shaped forehead, the gently-arching brows merging with the bridge of her slender nose, with large deep-set lidded eyes and a small mouth with bow-shaped lips, her wavy hair center parted, the hair at the top of her head roughly sculpted and likely finished in a secondary material, a drilled mortise at the part for insertion of an attribute, preserving traces of red pigment outlining the eyes 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A QUEEN PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C. Probably depicting Arsinoe II, her head inclined to her left, her long neck with subtle Venus lines, her oval face with a spade-shaped forehead, the gently-arching brows merging with the bridge of her slender nose, with large deep-set lidded eyes and a small mouth with bow-shaped lips, her wavy hair center parted, the hair at the top of her head roughly sculpted and likely finished in a secondary material, a drilled mortise at the part for insertion of an attribute, preserving traces of red pigment outlining the eyes 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
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