Description:

Ancient Near East, Persia, Parthian Empire, ca. 247 BCE to 224 CE. A lovely mold-formed pottery head of a female, perhaps used as a votive object. The majority of the visage is painted in bright white pigment, her broad ears and almond eyes outlined in black, and a pair of parallel zigzag stripes in red down her forehead. A large, elaborate headdress sits atop her head with two impressed rectangular panels displayed between grooved lateral sides and a central, vertically-oriented panel, and the top boasts an incised rhombus. The head is hollow along the verso and, with a rounded neck line, suggests this head was not part of a larger figure at one time. Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 2.625" W x 2.875" H (6.7 cm x 7.3 cm); 4.25" H (10.8 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection

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#137673

  • Condition: Head repaired from two large halves with small chips and light adhesive residue along break line. Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, fading to some finer features, chips and fading to pigmentation in some areas, with small nicks to ears, face, and headdress, and light roughness across most surfaces. Light earthen deposits and nice traces of pigmentation throughout.

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September 13, 2018 7:00 AM MDT
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