Head of a woman wearing a veil garment. The face is oval, with regular features. The chin is rounded, the mouth is small and compact, and the cheeks are slim. From the nose, skin folds extend diagonally downwards, spreading across the cheeks. The eyes are large, open, and set rather deeply. The upper and lower eyelids are thick, the outer and inner corners of the eyes are at the same level. The eyeballs are convex with dimpled pupils. The eyebrows are cylindrical, sloping down towards the temples. The forehead is high, convex above the nose, and slightly sunken above the eyebrows. The hair is lush, wavy, parted above the forehead and combed over the temples, revealing the lower parts of the ears. The head is covered with a veil. Head in semi-profile, 1st half of the 4th century BC, Athens, bas-relief; height 12 cm, width 11 cm, depth 11 cm., A single irregular stone-like object with a rough, textured surface sits against a solid gray background; the object has a pale off-white to cream...
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Head of a woman wearing a veil garment. The face is oval, with regular features. The chin is rounded, the mouth is small and compact, and the cheeks are slim. From the nose, skin folds extend diagonally downwards, spreading across the cheeks. The eyes are large, open, and set rather deeply. The upper and lower eyelids are thick, the outer and inner corners of the eyes are at the same level. The eyeballs are convex with dimpled pupils. The eyebrows are cylindrical, sloping down towards the temples. The forehead is high, convex above the nose, and slightly sunken above the eyebrows. The hair is lush, wavy, parted above the forehead and combed over the temples, revealing the lower parts of the ears. The head is covered with a veil. Head in semi-profile, 1st half of the 4th century BC, Athens, bas-relief; height 12 cm, width 11 cm, depth 11 cm., A single irregular stone-like object with a rough, textured surface sits against a solid gray background; the object has a pale off-white to creamy color with patches of light beige and subtle warm tan veining, rounded and angular contours, and a few shallow grooves and indentations suggesting layered surfaces, with soft highlights and faint shadows emphasizing its three-dimensional form.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A04_187

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Head woman wearing veil garment face oval regular features chin rounded mouth small compact cheeks slim nose skin folds extend diagonally downwards spreading across eyes large open set deeply upper lower eyelids thick outer inner corners level eyeballs convex dimpled pupils eyebrows cylindrical sloping down towards temples forehead high slightly sunken hair lush wavy parted combed revealing lower parts ears head covered veil semi-profile 1st half 4th century BC Athens bas-relief height 12 cm width 11 cm depth 11 cm single irregular stone- object rough textured surface sits solid gray background pale off-white creamy color patches light beige subtle warm tan veining angular contours shallow grooves indentations suggesting layered surfaces soft highlights faint shadows emphasizing three-dimensional form.

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