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bust of a woman (?) wearing a sash, 3rd-4th C, Egypt (?) [d/b]

Portrait bust, fitted with portrait head of girl (?) [ head may not to be from this torso]. From Egypt (?). Late third to fourth century.

Alexandria, Museum, inv. no. 22187

LSA database http://laststatues.classics.ox.ac.uk/database/detail.php?record=LSA-1664


Traumland Ägypten – Zur Rezeption ägyptischer Luxusmotive; Barbara Borg
In: Städel-Jahrbuch, 19 (2004), pp. 191-200
http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/438/

“In the bust of a woman in Cleveland, probably from the 280s, the contabulated parts of the cloak are provided with three-dimensional tendril ornaments (Fig. 9), while the contabulated cloak of a bust with an added head from Alexandria is painted with various ornamental designs.”