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| ROMAN BRONZE APHRODITE (VENUS) The goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her left leg, her right bent at the knee, her right arm extended, holding an attribute in her clenched fist, her left bent and folded towards her body, her head turned to her right, gazing downward, with almond-shaped eyes and incised pupils, her wavy hair center parted and pulled back in a chignon at the nape of her neck, surmounted by a patterned crescentic diadem. Significant remains of gilding. Mounted on antique bronze base, not belonging. Ex collection of Dr. Alfred Vogl and Patricia Stickney, New York, acquired in the early 1950s-1973. 1st-2nd Century AD H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.); 11 1/8 in. (28.4 cm.) as mounted CNY55 $22,500 Sales |
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