A Marble Left Hand of a Muse Holding a Scroll, Roman Imperial, circa 1st Century A.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Domb, France, acquired prior to World War II (Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, Vente de la collection de M. et Mme Domb, au profit de la Fondation du Judaïsme français et de l'Institut Weitzmann, December 7th, 2009, no. 143)

Little finger missing, minor nicks and scratches.
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For a representation of a Muse holding a scroll in her left hand see the second figure from the left on the second register of the Apotheosis of Homer Relief by Archaelos of Priene in the British Museum (A. Stewart, Greek Sculpture, New Haven and London, vol. II, 1990, fig. 761).