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Home > Auction >  TimeLine Auctions Antiquities Sale - Day 2 >  Lot.0979 Roman Marble Statue of Aphrodite and Eros

LOT 0979 Roman Marble Statue of Aphrodite and Eros

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2nd century AD. A carved marble figurine of Aphrodite and Eros (Roman Venus and Cupid) standing on a tiered dais; Aphrodite standing with right leg bent, himation worn across the back with folds on her arm; left arm extended with folds of her robe draped over the forearm exposing one breast, right arm raised from the elbow, head turned to her left with diadem bearing traces of red pigment; Eros standing with fruit carried in his folded arms, hair drawn up into a top-knot, wings resting on the lower edge of the himation, traces of blue pigment remaining. See Smith, A.H., British Museum Marbles and Bronzes, London, 1914, for the Townley Aphrodite; Havelock, C.M., The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors, Michigan, 1995, for discussion.1.3 kg, 24cm (9 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired at Bonhams, London, 15th October 2008, lot 229; formerly acquired at an English provincial auction; accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and a scholarly note TL 5312 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.162303-10063.

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