Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Lot Closed
December 17, 01:35 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Hellenistic Marble Torso of Aphrodite Anadyomene
circa 2nd/1st Century A.D.
standing with her weight on the left leg, her left arm and right forearm formerly raised to arrange her hair; most chips filled with plaster textured and painted to resemble shallow breaks.
Height 30.5 cm.
French art market, 1920s/1930s (based on Inagaki-style mount, old restorations, and smoky patina)
French private collection (Sotheby's, London, European Sculpture & Works of Art, July 16th, 1999, no. 77, illus, as "after the antique")