CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

细节

A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF VENUS
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The goddess depicted with her mantle pulled tight and knotted around the hips, exposing her torso, revealing the form of her legs beneath, with a cluster of folds falling between her legs, standing with her weight on her left leg, the right foot turned out, the heel raised and the knee projecting forward, her torso bent slightly forward, the right arm originally raised, the left lowered
47½ in. (120.6 cm) high

拍品专文

This is a fine Roman version of a Hellenistic creation today mistakenly called "Aphrodite Anadyomene," known from numerous Roman copies (see figs. 220-224 in Bieber, Ancient Copies). The goddess is not "rising from the sea" as the epithet implies, but rather, she is arranging her hair. Both hands are needed, which is why her mantle is knotted in place.