Ptolemaic Period Female Votive Sculpture, 300 BCE - 100 CE
With her hand raised to her head in the age-old gesture of supplication, this extraordinary figure evokes votives of a much earlier culture. With her other hand she clutches at...
With her hand raised to her head in the age-old gesture of supplication, this extraordinary figure evokes votives of a much earlier culture. With her other hand she clutches at her protruding belly, which suggests that she is asking for a safe pregnancy. Such a piece is timeless: it transcends all history and becomes part of a universal consciousness.