CLEOPATRA !! Tall Hand Carved Vintage Polished & Painted Resin Cleopatra Figurine

TALL HAND CARVED AND PAINTED ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RESIN FIGURINE OF QUEEN CLEOPATRA

CLEOPATRA VII PHILOPATOR WAS THE LAST ACTIVE RULER OF THE PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM OF EGYPT.   AS A MEMBER OF THE PTOLEMAIC DYNASTY SHE WAS A DESCENDANT OF ITS FOUNDER PTOLEMY I SOTER, A MACEDONIAN GREEK GENERAL AND COMPANION OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.  AFTER CLEOPATRA'S DEATH EGYPT BECAME A PROVINCE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.    SHE IS BEST KNOWN IN MODERN TERMS TODAY THROUGH HER TRAGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH MARC ANTONY

THIS VINTAGE STATUETTE / FIGURE IS A TALL HAND CARVED, POLISHED AND PAINTED RESIN DEPICTION OF CLEOPATRA WITH HAND ETCHED HIEROGLYPHICS AROUND THE BASE AND ALONG THE BACK.  THE FIGURINE IS DEPICTED AS WEARING THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HEADRESS CROWN AND CLEOPATRA HOLDS A SUMBOL OF HER POWER IN HER HAND.  THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED RARE AS THEY ARE GENERALLY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN IN THIS SIZE

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : NOT MARKED OR STAMPED

CONDITION : IN PERFECT CONDITION THE STATUETTE HAS NO CRACKS, CHIPS, DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 33.5cm HEIGHT.....10.4cm by 6.4cm BASE

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