AN UNPROVENANCED HUMAN FIGURINE IN THE COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (PART 1)
AN UNPROVENANCED HUMAN FIGURINE IN THE COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (PART 1)

Summary/Abstract: Some 35 years ago, a well-known Hungarian art collector presented a female figurine of dubious provenance to the Collection of Classical Antiquities of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. It has proven impossible to conclusively determine either the genuineness, or the origin of the figurine since then. The present study makes a case for a possibly Egyptian context based on the figurine’s detailed macroscopic examination and another comparable find, proposing other potential functions and a different date than initially suggested by Eszter Bánffy in her study on the figurine, published in 2001.

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