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Lot 5527 - ibid138 La Collection de Dre Sylvia Legrain - online only - mardi, 26. septembre 2023, 14h00

FIGURE OF VENUS STANDING

Roman, ca. 2nd century A.D.
Terracotta with remains of paintwork. Standing figure, probably of Venus, with raised arms. Her cloak is draped from the left shoulder and runs down her right side. Parts of the right half of her body are exposed. High-piled, fashionable hairstyle inspired by the Empress Julia Domna.
H 48.5 cm.


Provenance:
- Private collection M. G., Munich acquired from Munich Art Dealers, 1960/70 (according to Gorny Mosch).
- Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Auction Art of Antiquity, 19 June 2009, Lot No. 363.
- Triple Gallery, Bremgarten bei Bern, January 2013.

Cf. Martin Henning, "A handbook of Roman Art," fig. 163. With an illustration of a comparable piece in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England.
Cf. D. Levi-Tawil, "Queen Esther at Dura: Her Imagery in Light of Third-Century C.E. Oriental Syncretism," Irano Judaica IX, Jerusalem, 1999, figs. 14a-b, plate XI.

CHF 4 000 / 7 000 | (€ 4 120 / 7 220)

Vendu pour CHF 21 875 (frais inclus)
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