A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF APHRODITE LEANING AGAINST A PILLAR, the goddess standing with legs crossed and resting her right hand on the slender square pillar, her left hand on her hip, she gazes downwards, partially clad in a himation which is draped around her lower body and left shoulder leaving her breasts bare, wearing a broad fillet in her hair which is dressed in a chignon above and at the nape of her neck, remains of black and red paint, on integral base, large oval vent, 3rd Century B.C.

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A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF APHRODITE LEANING AGAINST A PILLAR, the goddess standing with legs crossed and resting her right hand on the slender square pillar, her left hand on her hip, she gazes downwards, partially clad in a himation which is draped around her lower body and left shoulder leaving her breasts bare, wearing a broad fillet in her hair which is dressed in a chignon above and at the nape of her neck, remains of black and red paint, on integral base, large oval vent, 3rd Century B.C.
10in. (25.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. R. A. Higgins, Tanagra and the Figurines, London, 1987, pp. 144-148, pl. 177

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