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A GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE
Lot 94

A GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Closed6 July 2022

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A GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
13 1⁄4 in. (33.5 cm.) high

with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano.
Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel, acquired from the above in 1959.

Specialist note


This delicate terracotta figure depicts Aphrodite in the nude and although both arms are now missing, the tilt of the head might suggest that it was once showing the goddess in the act of concealing her breast and pubic area, typical of the 'Pudica' type, or in the act of pointing to her womb, emhpasising her fertility, according to B.S. Ridgway, Hellenistic Sculpture I, 1990.