Roman Venus Holding Mirror

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze statuette of Venus (Greek Aphrodite), depicted standing nude with a slender physique, her weight on her left leg and holding a mirror in her left hand, hair dressed in loose curls falling on her shoulders, wearing a diadem on centre-parted hair, a pomegranate originally in her right hand(?"). See Havelock, C. M., The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors, A Historical Review of the Female Nude in Greek Art, University of Michigan, 1995 (2007"). 117 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. The Roman goddess Venus was assimilated to the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. Her cult remained very popular throughout the Roman period, and many votive bronze statuettes have survived.
Condition Report: Fine condition.