Head of female statue. A marble copy of a gold-and-ivory statue of the Classical period (5th-4th century BC) it represents a goddess, perhaps Aphrodite. The colour that has leaked below her eyes is a product of the oxidation of the statue's bronze eyelashed. 2nd century AD. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.

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