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Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

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Gypsum plaster; modeled carved polychrome-painted gilded
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wolfe 1967
Title: Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress
Description:
Gypsum plaster; modeled carved polychrome-painted gilded.

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