A Roman bronze model of the nude Aphrodite from Syria
A Roman bronze model of the nude Aphrodite from Syria, circa 1st/2nd century A.D., portrayed standing with her weight on her left leg, wearing a diadem in her centrally parted hair with a chignon behind, her face turned a little to dexter, an apple held in her raised right hand, her left arm also raised and held out before her
19.5 cm high
Atop a modern marmo rosso Verona plinth, 28.5cm high overall
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's London, Antiquities, 10th July 1989, lot 204
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A Roman bronze model of the nude Aphrodite from Syria, circa 1st/2nd century A.D., portrayed standing with her weight on her left leg, wearing a diadem in her centrally parted hair with a chignon behind, her face turned a little to dexter, an apple held in her raised right hand, her left arm also raised and held out before her
19.5 cm high
Atop a modern marmo rosso Verona plinth, 28.5cm high overall
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's London, Antiquities, 10th July 1989, lot 204