Bidspirit auction | Egyptian Blue-Glazed Female Figure


Egyptian Blue-Glazed Female Figure - Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Wearing a short wig, with right hand to breast holding a sash that hangs over the shoulder and left arm at the side; with a broad girdle; the wig, nipples, and girdle in black; suspension loop behind head. 24.6 grams, 85 mm (3 3/8 in.). From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974.