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Carving of a Head of a Woman Set in a Mount

Greek (Artist)
3rd century BCE (Ptolemaic)
amethyst, gold
(Ancient Greece )

This head of a woman, possibly Queen Arsinoe II (316-270 BCE), is shown frontally. The mount resembles a veil.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, London, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Carmichael sale, Sotheby's, London, June 1926, p. 42, no. 375 (547); Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1926, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2016 Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World.
1988-1989 From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
1/30/2023 Examination Examined, cleaned
1/30/2023 Examination Examined and cleaned in preparation for loan.
1/30/2023 Treatment Examined, cleaned
1/30/2023 Treatment Examined and cleaned in preparation for loan.
12/14/1978 Examination examined for condition
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Geographies

(Place of Origin) Egypt (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

7/8 x 9/16 x 9/16 in. (2.2 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury

Accession Number

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42.190

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