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PROPERTY FROM THE AGATHA SADLER (1924-2015) COLLECTIONLOTS 38-45
A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS PUDICA
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS PUDICA
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The nude goddess standing with her weight on her left leg, the right bent, her right hand held below her left breast, her left covering her genitalia, wearing silver bracelets and gilded armbands, her face turned to the left, with eyes inset with glass or obsidian, her centrally-parted hair surmounted by a diadem and bound at the nape of the neck with long tresses falling onto her shoulders and back, mounted on a separately-made circular dais
9 in. (22 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The nude goddess standing with her weight on her left leg, the right bent, her right hand held below her left breast, her left covering her genitalia, wearing silver bracelets and gilded armbands, her face turned to the left, with eyes inset with glass or obsidian, her centrally-parted hair surmounted by a diadem and bound at the nape of the neck with long tresses falling onto her shoulders and back, mounted on a separately-made circular dais
9 in. (22 cm.) high
Provenance
with K. J. Hewett (1919-1994), London.
Agatha Sadler (1924-2015) collection, London (The Sadler Collection; Sotheby's, London, 31 October 2003, lot 69).
Agatha Sadler (1924-2015) collection, London (The Sadler Collection; Sotheby's, London, 31 October 2003, lot 69).
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