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Source Description
The figure of a poorly proportioned nude female against a tree is carved in the round. She is possibly Aphrodite. A drilled hole, apparently for attachment, passes through her mass of wavy hair. The figure has been broken in several parts and repaired.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
29492
label
Female Figure
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
29492
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Female Figure
description
The figure of a poorly proportioned nude female against a tree is carved in the round. She is possibly Aphrodite. A drilled hole, apparently for attachment, passes through her mass of wavy hair. The figure has been broken in several parts and repaired.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
7th-8th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
figurines
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Orthodox
style
Hellenistic
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
358
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
55f71a5dda86e289