Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
Two Alabaster Figures of Aphrodite, circa 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
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December 8, 04:16 PM GMT
Estimate
1,700 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
Two Alabaster Figures of Aphrodite
circa 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
each holding the folds of her cloak in one hand and clasping the other hand to the breast.
Heights 17 cm. and 20 cm.
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Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Beirut and Paris, acquired in the late 1960s/early 1970s, probably from Asfar Bros., Hotel St George, Beirut