Greek Marble


	established 1942

HELLENISTIC MAPRBLE 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.

3rd-2nd Century BC

H. 10 in. (25.4 cm.)

HFM01
$35,000

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