A Roman marble bust of Isis
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Depicted with her head turned slightly to the left, with deep Venus lines indicated on her fleshy neck, her oval face with heavy-lidded almond-shaped eyes and rounded chin, her wavy hair centrally-parted and surmounted by a crescentic diadem, bound in a chignon at the nape of her neck, with stylized 'Libyan' corkscrew curls falling onto her shoulders and down her back, wearing a chiton with a mantle tied in an 'Isis knot' between her breasts, remains of a headdress at the crown of her head, 24.5cm high注脚Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1996, lot 117.
Mr A. collection, Paris, acquired prior to 1999.

Published:
C.-G. Schwentzel, Images d'Alexandre et des Ptolémées, Paris, 1999, p. 155-6, no. 55.
ibid., 'Cinq nouvelles têtes d'Isis ou de reines lagides', Cripel, vol. 20, Lille, 1999, p. 169, no. 4, pl. 11 A.