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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Inspired by the Capitoline Venus, depicted nude, standing with her left leg bent, her left hand positioned over her pudendum, her right hand before her breasts, her hair pulled back in a chignon at the nape of her neck, tendrils falling onto her shoulders, wearing a crescentic diadem with five raised bosses
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Inspired by the Capitoline Venus, depicted nude, standing with her left leg bent, her left hand positioned over her pudendum, her right hand before her breasts, her hair pulled back in a chignon at the nape of her neck, tendrils falling onto her shoulders, wearing a crescentic diadem with five raised bosses
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Jerusalem Art Market, 1990s.