A Marble Votive Figure of Kybele, Late Hellenistic or Early Roman Imperial, Circa 1st Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

enthroned with her feet on a footrest, and holding a phiale in her right hand and formerly a tympanum in her now missing left hand, and wearing a girdled chiton and himation falling from her left shoulder and draped over her lap, her long hair surmounted by a polos, a seated lion to her right; no restorations. 

Belgian private collection, acquired in the 1970s or earlier
by descent to the present owner

Surface slightly weathered. Front of base chipped. Front of proper right foot missing. Note missing corner of throne (proper left) and missing left hand probably once holding a tympanum. Abraded proper right hand. Edges of patera chipped and abraded. Chip on front of drapery folds covering lap. Top of polos chipped all around, especially in front.
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Cf. a statuette sold at Sotheby’s, New York, June 11th, 2010, no. 19, and M. J. Vermaseren, Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA), passim.