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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, her lowered left hand over her pudendum, her right hand before her breasts, holding a fruit, wearing thick armbands and a crescentic diadem in her center-parted hair, which is tied in a chignon and topknot, with long braids falling on to each shoulder, a dolphin to the right supporting a clam shell in its upraised tail, the tall septagonal plinth with two perforations near the base for attachment
6¾ in. (7.1 cm) high
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, her lowered left hand over her pudendum, her right hand before her breasts, holding a fruit, wearing thick armbands and a crescentic diadem in her center-parted hair, which is tied in a chignon and topknot, with long braids falling on to each shoulder, a dolphin to the right supporting a clam shell in its upraised tail, the tall septagonal plinth with two perforations near the base for attachment
6¾ in. (7.1 cm) high