A Money Box in the Shape of a Woman's Head
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Basic information
- ID
- С-I-550
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- A Money Box in the Shape of a Woman's Head
- Date of creation
- 1st mill. BC
- Country
- Eastern Mediterranean (?)
- Technique
- moulding
- Material
- bronze
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 10 x 7 x 9
Additionally
Information about author
Object description
The origin and dating of the work can be assumed based on the analysis of the person depicted. It could be Asia Minor, the Middle East, or Ancient Greece. The archaic nature of the work indicates the middle of the first millennium B.C. The piece of decorative and applied art is possibly a jewellery box found during archaeological excavations. Losses of fragments of the work indicate that the object was not in use for a long time and was obviously lying in the ground. The work depicts the head of a noble lady with eastern facial features (plump lips, large almond-shaped eyes), with a necklace around her neck and a tiara that fixes a high, combed-back hairdo above her forehead. At the top, the hairstyle forms an opening, and the woman's long earrings, tiara, and necklace suggest that these were the kinds of feminine jewellery that were stacked inward through this circular opening. The first of the work's known owners, Vladyslav Lozynskyi, noted its archaic classical features.
Inscriptions
At the bottom on the inner side of the work is an inscription in white paint: "№ С-І-550/ Л.ОКГ"; a mark with the inscription: "G.N.m.L/1" (crossed out in red).
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
