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LOT 0964
Roman Redware Pot Sherd with Torso of Venus
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (26.5 grams, 95 mm).
Irregular ceramic fragment with low-relief image of a female toso and legs with draped fabric panel to left leg, part of elbow at upper edge, incised arc to left edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by the original collector's data sheet(s) with reference no.A35.
Probably Venus Anadyomene arriving at the seashore having emerged fully-formed from the waves.
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