Venus stands on her original bronze spool shaped pedestal.Reattached to pedestal, minor repair to the drapery.

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Eastern Empire, 2nd–3rd Century AD

25 x 9.1 cm (9 7/8 x 3 5/8")

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#5698

Ex: Near Eastern private collection, 1977. Thence by descent to a private London collection, 1985.With United Kingdom import documents.

Published: Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XVIII. (London, 2019) p.34, back cover

Comparanda:Brinkerhoff, Dericksen M. ; Hellenistic statues of Aphrodite. Studies in the history of their stylistic development (New York, 1978) pl.XXXVII (Louvre MA 3079)Boucher, Stéphanie; Vienne. bronzes antiques (Paris, 1971) pp.50-51, no.12