A BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF APHRODITE, standing on high spool-shaped base, with weight on left leg, her left hand resting on her hip, her right hand at her side holding the edge of her diaphanous drapery which has fallen from her right shoulder to reveal her breasts, her wavy hair falls in locks onto her shoulders and is swept back into a knot on top, traces of red paint on hair, large rectangular vent, repaired, 350-330 B.C.
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A BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF APHRODITE, standing on high spool-shaped base, with weight on left leg, her left hand resting on her hip, her right hand at her side holding the edge of her diaphanous drapery which has fallen from her right shoulder to reveal her breasts, her wavy hair falls in locks onto her shoulders and is swept back into a knot on top, traces of red paint on hair, large rectangular vent, repaired, 350-330 B.C.
9 7/8in. (25.7cm.) high
Lot Essay
Cf. R. A. Higgins, Tanagra and the Figurines, London, 1987, pp. 109-110, pl. 130