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Important Roman marble over life-size head of Aphrodite Important Roman marble over life-size head of Aphrodite
IMPORTANT ROMAN MARBLE OVER LIFE-SIZE HEAD OF APHRODITE

Her wavy hair, pulled back into a chignon, is bound by a striped fillet and paired with a diadem tied with a Gordian knot, a symbol of permanence. After a Greek original of the 4th Century BC; traces of original pigment.

Ex Parisian collection, acquired from Galerie Serres, Paris.

1st Century AD

H. 12 in. (30 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 19
PBPY17
P.O.R.


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