A Roman Marble Figure of Aphrodite, circa 1st Century A.D.
Auction Closed
November 5, 05:54 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 90,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the goddess standing in a graceful attitude on a semi-circular pedestal and leaning against a classicizing statue of a woman supported on a tall circular pedestal, the goddess wearing sandals with high soles and a long diaphanous chiton and himation falling to her feet
51 cm.high, 20in.
European private collection, circa 18th Century (based on restoration techniques)
Agatha and Charles Sadler, London, prior to 1986, said to have been acquired from K. J. Hewett, London
(Sotheby's, London, The Sadler Collection: The Property of Agatha Sadler and the late Charles Sadler, October 31st, 2003, no. 77)
Where acquired.
Carlos A. Picón, Classical Antiquities from Private Collections in Great Britain. A Loan Exhibition in Aid of the Ashmole Archive, exh. cat., Sotheby's, London, 15th-31st January, 1986, no. 60., pl. XII
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