Bust of a girl (Flora?)

Medium

Ivory, carved and chiseled; socle: sodalite with molded bronze base (not original

Dimensions

Bust only, confirmed: 8 1/8 × 5 3/8 × 4 1/8 in. (20.6 × 13.7 × 10.5 cm) on sodalite pedestal, assembled ht: 13 5/16 in. (33.8 cm)

Classification

Natural Substances-Ivory

Culture

French, possibly Dieppe

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Joyce Longworth and Lorna Kettaneh, in loving memory of their mother Mary Kettaneh, 2021

Accession Number

2021.107

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