A reproduction of the statue of Queen Cleopatra, one of the masterpieces in the Hermitage's Ancient Egyptian collection. This black basalt statue of a Ptolemaic queen was created in the 3rd century BC. It represents a striding woman in a long tight-fitting dress, wearing a long tripartite wig with three uraei (royal snakes) and holding a cornucopia in her left hand and the ankh, the hieroglyph of life, in her lowered right hand. It has been skillfully crafted by experienced workmen of the Hermitage workshops. Each product has been compared to the original and approved the by the museum specialists.

Artificial basalt.
Height 11 3/4 in. (30 cm).