A Cypriot Limestone Head of a Goddess, Perhaps Aphrodite or Demeter Circa 2nd Century B.C. Height 9 1/2 inches. Note: John Crowley was a prominent Pasadena businessman who later in life was elected to the Pasadena Board of Directors (city council) and served two years as Mayor of Pasadena. His wife Barbara Crowley was a probate and estate attorney in Los Angeles and the first female attorney at the firm of Barton, Klugman & Oetting, LLP. She was also a prominent figure within the field of study concerning Shakespeare authorship controversy. Provenance: Said to be found in Pasadena, California in 1966, probably from an installation circa 1906 (with statement from John C. Crowley); thence by family descent to the present owner. Note: See a related letter from Dr. Jiri Frel, Curator of Antiquities, J. Paul Getty Museum, dated 1977. Property from the Estate of John C. and Barbara W.G. Crowley, Pasadena, California