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IMPORTANT ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF APHRODITE (VENUS) OR A NYMPH HOLDING A SCALOP SHELL This is a variant of the well-known Aphrodite of Syracuse, usually termed “Nymph with a shell”. Our example is quite close to the Vatican Museum sculpture but with a more pronounced Aphrodite-type hairdo. Water once poured out of the shell for statues were used as garden and fountain decoration. Cf. M. Bieber, Ancient Copies, 1977, figs. 233-234, 238. For similar sculptures in the Istanbul and Torlonia Museums, see S. Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire, 11, 1908, p. 405, nos. 2 and 4. Ex English collection, pre-1984. Ex collection of S. R., Beverly Hills, 1986-2010. 2nd Century AD H. 55 in. (140 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2011, no. 22 Art of the Ancient World, 1985, no. 237 RSLA1001C SOLD FULL-SCREEN FLASH SLIDESHOW |
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