Head of a Woman

Original: 138-192 CE; Recarved: late 3rd-4th century CE (Roman Imperial)

14.3 cm 26.4 cm 20.4 cm

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This head has the highly polished surface distinctive of the Antonine period and a part of the original hairstyle at the nape of the neck, but the piece was drastically re-carved in the late 3rd to early 4th century. In the harsh economic climate of the late Roman period, earl...

Sculpture

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29849
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sculpture
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Alexandria, Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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11
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