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IMPORTANT ROMAN MARBLE APHRODITE (VENUS) Nude to the waist and right hip, her lower torso and legs loosely wrapped in her himation. Her left leg is raised upon a rocky outcrop hidden beneath the drapery and she leans forward resting her left forearm on her left knee. Sensitively carved from Greek island marble probably from Thasos. Ex collection of J-P. Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, acquired before 2000. 1st Century BC/AD H. 22 in. (56 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2012, no. 19 CHPR05 P.O.R. FULL-SCREEN FLASH SLIDESHOW Sales |
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