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LOT 2100
Bronze Statuette of Aphrodite
19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (366 grams, 16 cm).
Modelled nude with hair dressed in a chignon, right hand extended to the heel of the left foot raised to knee-height; apple in the left hand; based on the image of Aphrodite loosening her sandal; mounted on a tiered stand.
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
LiteratureCf. original in the Walters Art Museum under accession no.54.921.
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