A GREEK MARBLE BUST OF APHRODITE

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE BUST OF APHRODITE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
The goddess of love finely sculpted, depicted with her head slightly inclined to her left and downturned, her oval face with youthful idealized features, the brows merging with the bridge of her nose, her deep-set eyes with prominent upper lids, with fleshy sensual lips, her chin pointed, her center-parted hair bound in a thin band, pulled up into a top knot and tied at the back in a chignon, a short loose tress falling behind each ear, her thin graceful neck with naturalistic contours flaring outward toward the chest, the collar of her garment in relief across the lower edge, extensive red pigment preserved in her hair
11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) high

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European Private Collection, acquired in the 1970s.

拍品專文

The positioning of the goddess's head and downward gaze are reminiscent of the full-body depictions of the goddess standing, such as the so-called Capitoline Venus, the Capua Venus and the Aphrodite from Arles, all likely based on 4th century B.C. prototypes. The present example compares to two busts of Aphrodite that were originally set into draped statues: one is the Leconfield Aphrodite, dated to the 4th century B.C. (see pl. 500 and pp. 178-179 in Stewart, Greek Sculpture); the other is the Aphrodite head from Tralles, dated to the 2nd century B.C. (See p. 90 in Ridgeway, Hellenistic Sculpture I, The Styles of ca. 331-200 B.C.).