Alabaster Girl Bust
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Alabaster - Alabaster is soft natural stone used for statuary, with a similar appearance to marble, but easier to work with. As it is softer than marble, an item made from alabaster can be scratched with a metal object, and an alabaster item does not polish to a high surface gloss like marble.
Alabaster objects can be semi-translucent. Alabaster occurs in a pure white form and also with veining from dirt. Colours vary from white through yellow and pink to brown. The veining is usually green or black but can be multicoloured.
Being semi-translucent, alabaster is often used for the bowls of figural lamps, with the figure itself being either alabaster or marble.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
An alabaster bust of Joan of Arc, French, circa 1900. 67 cm high, 47 cm wide and 25 cm deep
Small antique Japanese carved ivory figure, approx 10 cm high
A Rene Lalique 'Automine Surtout' figure, designed 1939, the figure symbolising the Autumn season, kneeling and clutching a bunch of grapes to her cheek, in frosted glass with a blue patina, inscribed 'R. Lalique France, 20 cm high. Provenance: All Chenil
A George Gross beaded and Fringed silk evening jacket, Camisole and wrap