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Geometric bronze rattling (?): bird perching on an open-work sphere

Female bust

Classification
bust
Dimensions
height: 45 cm
Date
modern
Period
post-antique
Material
marble analysis; Carrara marble
Iconography
female figure
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts; Ráth, György Collection
Inventory
51.2874
ID
Hyp-4537

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the bust was made of Carrara marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.