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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her left leg, her right bent at the knee, her left arm lowered, holding a mantle in her hand, her right arm bent at the elbow with the hand raised and projecting forward, palm open, adorned with an armlet worn high on each arm, her head turned to her left, her center-parted hair bound in a crescentic diadem and tied in a chignon, with long tendrils falling along her neck and bifurcating on the shoulders, her oval face with arching brows, a slender nose, articulated eyes, a small mouth and a pointed chin; on a spool-shaped socle
9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her left leg, her right bent at the knee, her left arm lowered, holding a mantle in her hand, her right arm bent at the elbow with the hand raised and projecting forward, palm open, adorned with an armlet worn high on each arm, her head turned to her left, her center-parted hair bound in a crescentic diadem and tied in a chignon, with long tendrils falling along her neck and bifurcating on the shoulders, her oval face with arching brows, a slender nose, articulated eyes, a small mouth and a pointed chin; on a spool-shaped socle
9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Said to be from Tartus, Syria.
Péretié Collection.
Louis de Clercq, Paris, 1836-1901.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Péretié Collection.
Louis de Clercq, Paris, 1836-1901.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Literature
A. de Ridder, Collections de Clercq, Tome III, Les bronzes, Paris, 1905, no. 7, pl. 1,4.
S. Reinach, Répertoire de la Statuaire Grecque et Romaine, Tome IV, Paris, 1910, p. 209, 7.
M.-O. Jentel, "Aphrodite (in Peripheria Orientali)" in LIMC, vol. II, Zurich and Munich, 1984, no. 9.
S. Reinach, Répertoire de la Statuaire Grecque et Romaine, Tome IV, Paris, 1910, p. 209, 7.
M.-O. Jentel, "Aphrodite (in Peripheria Orientali)" in LIMC, vol. II, Zurich and Munich, 1984, no. 9.
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