Lot Essay
For two similar examples, one now in the National Museum, Athens, and one in the Museo Archeologico, Syracuse, see figs. 232 & 233 in Bieber, Ancient Copies.
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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF VENUS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess standing with her weight on her left leg, the right bent, holding one end of a mantle around her legs with her left hand, the other end held tight against her body with her left elbow, the mantle open in between revealing her left leg, with the twisted drapery falling below her buttocks, her elongated torso exposed, with a small feminine paunch around her navel and locks of hair falling onto her sloping shoulders
11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess standing with her weight on her left leg, the right bent, holding one end of a mantle around her legs with her left hand, the other end held tight against her body with her left elbow, the mantle open in between revealing her left leg, with the twisted drapery falling below her buttocks, her elongated torso exposed, with a small feminine paunch around her navel and locks of hair falling onto her sloping shoulders
11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, California, acquired in the 1990s.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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