Lot Essay
This representation of Aphrodite was popular throughout the Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman world, and was a favoured votive offering in sanctuaries of Aphrodite across the Mediterranean world.
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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Depicted wearing a chiton, standing with her weight on her right leg, reaching to remove her sandal from her raised left foot, left arm raised, preserving extensive white slip and pink pigment
11¾ in. (30 cm.) high
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Depicted wearing a chiton, standing with her weight on her right leg, reaching to remove her sandal from her raised left foot, left arm raised, preserving extensive white slip and pink pigment
11¾ in. (30 cm.) high
Provenance
with Nina Borowski, Paris, 1970s.
Private collection, Canada.
Private collection, Canada.