A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS

CIRCA LATE 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
CIRCA LATE 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her right leg, the left bent at the knee, her left hand lowered to her pudendum, her right hand projecting forward with the palm up, her hair center parted and tied in a chignon, a crescentic diadem above, her eyes with recessed pupils, the brows merging with her slender nose
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1992, lot 143.

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