CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE APHRODITE
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her right leg, the left leg relaxed and bent at the knee, her left arm bent at the elbow, perhaps once holding a now missing attribute, wearing an crescentic stephane, her centrally parted hair swept back at the sides into a chignon at the nape of her neck, with two curling tendrils escaping onto her shoulders, the eyes recessed for now missing inlays, on a socle with incised upper and lower moldings
7½ in. (19 cm.) tall
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her right leg, the left leg relaxed and bent at the knee, her left arm bent at the elbow, perhaps once holding a now missing attribute, wearing an crescentic stephane, her centrally parted hair swept back at the sides into a chignon at the nape of her neck, with two curling tendrils escaping onto her shoulders, the eyes recessed for now missing inlays, on a socle with incised upper and lower moldings
7½ in. (19 cm.) tall
Provenance
European Private Collection, acquired in the early 1980s.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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