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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her left leg, the right bent at the knee, holding an apple in her raised left hand and a butterfly in her lowered right, her head turned to her right, her eyes articulated, the wavy center-parted hair tied in a top-knot, with undulating tresses falling onto each shoulder, atop the original socle
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her left leg, the right bent at the knee, holding an apple in her raised left hand and a butterfly in her lowered right, her head turned to her right, her eyes articulated, the wavy center-parted hair tied in a top-knot, with undulating tresses falling onto each shoulder, atop the original socle
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Said to be from Tartus, Syria.
Louis de Clercq, Paris, 1836-1901.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Louis de Clercq, Paris, 1836-1901.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Literature
A. de Ridder, Collections de Clercq, III, Les Bronzes, Paris, 1905, no. 125, pl. 27,2.
S. Reinach, Répertoire de la Statuaire Grecque et Romaine, Tome IV, Paris, 1910, p. 209, 2.
M.-O. Jentel, "Aphrodite (in Peripheria Orientali)" in LIMC, vol. II, Zurich and Munich, 1984, no. 166.
S. Reinach, Répertoire de la Statuaire Grecque et Romaine, Tome IV, Paris, 1910, p. 209, 2.
M.-O. Jentel, "Aphrodite (in Peripheria Orientali)" in LIMC, vol. II, Zurich and Munich, 1984, no. 166.
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G. Max Bernheimer
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