CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.

Details

A GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF APHRODITE ANADYOMENE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
15 ¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high

Provenance

with Galerie Arete, Zurich.
Dr. Anton Pestalozzi (1915-2007), Zurich, acquired from the above, 1976; thence by descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

The Aphrodite Anadyomene is an early Hellenistic creation with many later replicas and variations. The goddess is not "rising from the sea" as the epithet implies, but rather she is arranging her hair, holding thick tresses in each hand before tying them together in a chignon.

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