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LOT 0093
Roman Marble Head of Aphrodite
1ST-2ND CENTURY AD
16" (9.8 kg, 41cm including stand).
The goddess of love depicted with youthful idealising features on a slender neck, hair dressed in a chignon to the rear, two tresses pulled up over the crown of her head and fastened in a top-knot, her oval face with almond-shaped eyes beneath gently-arching brows, slightly-parted lips, and a rounded chin; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
From the private collection of James E Bonstow, 1997/8-2015; acquired from the estate of Stanley Payton of Devon, England; previously part of Mr Payton's private collection formed in Torquay, between 1930-1950s, supplied with geologic report No. TL004936, by geologic consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz.
Literature
See Havelock, C.M. The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors, Michigan, 1995 for discussion.
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