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Roman bronze nude Aphrodite holding an apple in her left hand Roman bronze nude Aphrodite holding an apple in her left hand
Roman bronze nude Aphrodite holding an apple in her left hand ROMAN BRONZE NUDE APHRODITE HOLDING AN APPLE IN HER LEFT HAND

Standing in a relaxed pose, her weight on her left leg. Her elbows are bent and her open right hand beckons. She stands atop a cubic pedestal with gadroon edges and four ball feet.
Her eyes are inlaid in silver.
Pub: A. de Ridder, 'Collection de Clercq', vol. III, Les Bronzes, Paris, 1905, p. 85, no. 121; pl XXVI.
Based upon the Aphrodite of Soli type.

Ex M. de Clercq collection, France, late 1800s.

1st Century AD

H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 69
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Roman bronze nude Aphrodite holding an apple in her left hand Roman bronze nude Aphrodite holding an apple in her left hand

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