Lot 33
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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS
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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS

EARLY/MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS
EARLY/MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Of 'Capitoline' type, the standing nude figure with weight on left leg, her raised right arm covering her breasts, wearing armlets and a diadem in her hair, her hair centrally parted, swept up at the sides and tied into a chignon at the back with tresses falling onto both shoulders, mounted
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
Wilhelm Horn (1870-1959); acquired from Dr Lederer, 1936.
Exhibited
Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974.
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
K. A. Neugebauer, Antiken in Deutschem Privatbesitz, Berlin, 1938, p. 28, no. 91, pl. 39.
Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974, pp. 154-155, no. 231, pl. 102.

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