HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE STATUE OF APHRODITE ANADYOMENE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired prior to 1973.

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Lot Essay

One version of the myth of Aphrodite's birth is that Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and cast the genitals into the sea. They rose to the surface producing a white foam out of which Aphrodite arose. She was carried on the sea and finally came to rest on the shores of Cyprus. Anadyomene means "rising from the waters". In this graceful pose, she is portrayed with her arms raised and holding long tresses of her wet hair in both hands, as though she were just emerging from the sea.

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