A GRAECO-ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APHRODITE ANADYOMENE
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A GRAECO-ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APHRODITE ANADYOMENE

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A GRAECO-ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APHRODITE ANADYOMENE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Her head with slight turn to the left, the eyes with heavy lids and lowered gaze, wearing fillet in centrally parted hair, with hair drawn out to the sides, mounted
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in a French private collection, acquired in the 1970s.
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Lot Essay

For a depiction of Aphrodite Anadyomene shown arranging her long hair in a similar fashion, with arms raised drawing the tresses out to each side to wring out the water, cf. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, inv. no. 1982.286.

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