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Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
LATE 4TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
4 3/4 in. (477 grams total, 12 cm high).
A marble head of a lady or a goddess from a statuette, carved in the round with semi-naturalistic facial features and dressed hair with fillet; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
London art market, 1988.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Beckmann, E., Statuary Collections in the Late Roman Villas of Hispania and Southwestern Gaul, University of Pennsylvania, 2016, fig.31, statuette of Aphrodite from Sidon, Istanbul archaeological museum.
FOOTNOTES:
The head could represent a late Aphrodite, when compared with heads of the goddess of small late Roman statuettes. In these examples, like here, the goddess’ face is typical of idealised late-mythological statuary, with heavy eyelids, pronounced brow ridges, small lips and a soft jaw.
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