Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

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Property of a European Private Collector

A Hellenistic Marble Head of Aphrodite, circa 3rd/2nd Century B.C.

Auction Closed

July 4, 03:04 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a European Private Collector

A Hellenistic Marble Head of Aphrodite

circa 3rd/2nd Century B.C.


turned slightly to her left, her oval face with full lips and deep-set eyes, her wavy hair parted in the center, bound twice in a diadem, and drawn back into a large richly-curled chignon.

Height 11.7 cm.

European private collection, acquired in the late 1980s
Ward & Company, New York
acquired by the present owner from the above in 2018