Roman Statuette of the Goddess Venus

2ND-3RD CENTURY AD

11 3/4" (875 grams, 27 cm).

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, with two tresses falling past her shoulders; her oval face with almond-shaped eyes beneath gently-arching brows, slightly-parted lips, and a rounded chin; standing on a columnar base, the goddess depicted nude, with a slender physique, standing with her weight on her left leg, similar to that of the Capitoline Venus; holding and looking into a circular mirror held in her right hand and a pomegranate in her left, both professionally re-attached.

Provenance

Formerly with Lennox Galleries, London, UK; previously in the David Strong collection, London, UK, 2005; ex. L. Grenacs, Brussels, 1967; accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.

Literature

See Havelock, C. M. The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors, 1995 for general information.

CONDITION

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LOT 0169

Roman Statuette of the Goddess Venus

Sold for (Inc. bp): £55,000

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