Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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A Hellenistic Marble Torso of Aphrodite Anadyomene, circa 2nd/1st Century A.D.

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")

For a related example see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251836.