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Estimate
GBP (£) 37,500 - 42,500
EUR (€) 45,020 - 51,030
USD ($) 49,850 - 56,490
3RD CENTURY AD
11 3/4" (875 grams, 27 cm).
A superbly modelled solid cast, large standing figure of Venus with columnar base; the goddess depicted nude, with a slender physique, standing with her weight on her left leg; her hair arranged in an elaborate topknot, similar to that of the Capitoline Venus, with tresses falling past her shoulders; holding and looking into a (separately cast) circular mirror held in her right hand; a pomegranate in her left hand.
PROVENANCE:
Ex European collection and London collections (1967), accompanied by three documents attesting to ownership.
LITERATURE:
See Havelock, C. M. The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors, (1995) for general information.
