A Roman Amber Head of Medusa, circa 2nd Century A.D.

her broad face with pointed chin, parted lips, large eyes with drilled pupils, and finely engraved wings emerging from the forehead, her serpent-entwined hair falling in long spiral curls down the sides.

Private collection, Paris, 1970s

Some very small chips, scratches, and abrasions including very small chip at tip of nose, chips to some curls, and broad shallow chip to proper right forelock, top of proper right wing abraded, wear to surface overall. Very good.
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A related example (5.8 cm. high) is in The J. Paul Getty Museum, inv. no. 71.AO.355 (http://museumcatalogues.getty.edu/amber/intro/1/).