A Greek marble draped female figure
Hellenistic Period, circa 2nd Century B.C.
Standing with her weight on her right leg, the left bent, wearing a long, finely pleated chiton, knotted beneath her proper right shoulder, a himation draped over her left shoulder, the right foot emerging beneath the folds of drapery, her right hand preserved at her hip, her face with almond-shaped eyes and full mouth, her hair fashioned in rows of stylized corkscrew curls encircling her head and framing her face, secured by a fillet, the back roughly worked, 37cm high注脚Provenance:
Paul-Jacques Fouchet (1913-2008) collection, acquired prior to 1960; and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Ader Nordmann, Paris, 27 November 2018, lot 5.
Private collection, Austria, acquired at the above sale.

Paul-Jacques Fouchet (1913-2008) was a notable French diplomat, serving as Ambassador to Niger, the Dominican Republic, Libya, Brazil and Sweden over a long and illustrious career.