A Greek Marble Head of a Woman, 4th Century B.C.

turned to her left, her face with parted lips and deep-set eyes, her wavy hair bound in a diadem, the neck carved for insertion.

Alfred Moritz Mond (1868-1930), Lord Melchett of Landford (1928), Melchet Court, Hampshire, acquired in 1927
Sotheby's, London, Catalogue of the Melchett Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Antiquities, May 24th, 1951, no. 38 (acquired by Scherling)
the photographer, filmmaker, painter, author and art collector Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973), Manhattan and Vinalhaven, Maine
by descent to the present owner

Eugenie Strong, Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Antiquities in the possession of Lord Melchett, London, 1928, p. 28, pls. XXX-XXXI (description by A.J.B. Wace of the Victoria and Albert Museum)
Cornelius Vermeule and Dietrich von Bothmer, "Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britain. Part Two," American Journal of Archaeology, 60, 1956, p. 338, no. 22
Arachne. Datenbank und kulturelle Archive des Forschungsarchiv für antike Plastik Köln und des Deutsches Archäologisches Instituts, no. 51513

As shown in the catalogue; note damages, chips, and abrasions both ancient and modern. The back, top, and side of the head not shown (probably not intended to be seen) are more roughly carved and retain encrustation, three large ancient gashes across the crown.
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