Vintage Plaster Bust of a Woman in Classical Drapery

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This plaster bust depicts a woman in the classical manner, her hair drawn back beneath a wrapped fillet into a … Read more This plaster bust depicts a woman in the classical manner, her hair drawn back beneath a wrapped fillet into a high coiled chignon. She is draped in a mantle that crosses diagonally over the chest and falls from both shoulders over a garment gathered at the neckline. The bust ends in a squared truncation and is raised on an integral turned circular socle. The plaster shows surface dust and soiling, a chip to the tip of the nose, and small losses to the drapery at the shoulders, consistent with age. See less