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Head of a woman
Later Hellenistic period
Terracotta
Height: 6cm
Museum number: MR65
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 450
On display: Model Room (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
Undoubtedly from a statuette of a standing woman and probably South Italian of the later Hellenistic period.
Provenance
Unknown; in Soane's collection by the time of the creation of the Model Room in c.1834. Soane describes the showcase containing small items MR42-MR68 in the Model Room in his 1835 Description.
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