Lot 94
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE
A GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE
A GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE

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

Details
A GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
13 1⁄4 in. (33.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano.
Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel, acquired from the above in 1959.
Exhibited
On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971-2022.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay


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.

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