CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE VENUS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her right leg, her left raised and bent at the knee, leaning forward and twisting to her left, creating creases across her abdomen
18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) high

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany, 1960s.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 10 June 2010, lot 140.

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Lot Essay

Based on a Hellenistic original, this statue captures the goddess of love in the final preparations for her bath, with all her clothing removed but for her sandals. For a complete example of the type see the statuette in the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, no. 464 in A. Gelivorrias, et al., "Aphrodite," in LIMC, vol. II.

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