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Statuette of Aphrodite
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Bone statuette of a draped woman, probably the goddess Venus (Aphrodite). She stands with her weight on her right leg, and her left leg slightly forward. Her hair is pulled back, and she wears a diadem. Details of the face are rendered naturalistically. She wears a gauzy garment (chiton), loose around the bust, leaving her left breast exposed. The garment is form-fittingly tight around her pelvis so that her navel is visible through the fabric. She has a mantle, wrapped loosely around her right leg, over her left shoulder, which she draws up further with her right arm.
Some minor chipping, particularly at the bottom and around the right hand, which is missing.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Estate of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975) New York sold; through [Sotheby Parke Bernet Sale 3934 (December 11 1976) Lot 95]; to [Robert J. Myers New York 1976-1977] sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (1977-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Statuette of Aphrodite
Description:
Bone statuette of a draped woman, probably the goddess Venus (Aphrodite).
She stands with her weight on her right leg, and her left leg slightly forward.
Her hair is pulled back, and she wears a diadem.
Details of the face are rendered naturalistically.
She wears a gauzy garment (chiton), loose around the bust, leaving her left breast exposed.
The garment is form-fittingly tight around her pelvis so that her navel is visible through the fabric.
She has a mantle, wrapped loosely around her right leg, over her left shoulder, which she draws up further with her right arm.
Some minor chipping, particularly at the bottom and around the right hand, which is missing.
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