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HELLENISTIC MARBLE STATUE OF SEATED CYBELE The Great Mother goddess enthroned, wearing a himation and polos, holding a tympanon and patera, a small lion resting on her lap. Originally a Phrygian goddess, she is the deification of the Earth Mother, goddess of fertile earth, caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature and wild animals. Cf. G. Richter, Catalogue of Greek Sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 127, pp. 75-76, 1954; Cf. G. Hanfmann & N. Ramage, Sculpture from Sardis, no. 259, pp. 169-170, fig. 447, 1978. Ex Maurice Nahman collection, Paris, ca. 1953. 3rd-2nd Century BC H. 5 in. Art of the Ancient World, 2008, no. 3 CPC105 $22,500 Sales |
