Lot 31
  • 31

A Marble Head of Aphrodite, Roman Imperial, circa 2nd Century A.D.

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • A Marble Head of Aphrodite, Roman Imperial
  • Marble
  • Height 6 in. 15.2 cm.
turned to her right, with slender neck and deep-set eyes with incised irises and dotted pupils, her centrally parted hair swept over the ears to a chignon behind, bound in a diadem, and gathered in a topknot.

Provenance

French private collection, Tours, 1940s

Condition

Nose and lips restored. Large chips on chignon. Surface quite worn. Minor chips and abrasions.
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