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Intaglio: Aphrodite Anadyomene
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Yellow and red jasper intaglio, with a carving of Aphrodite Anadyomene standing frontal, head turned to the left, nude and arms raised to touch her shoulders. On the reverse is a Greek inscription that translates as "blessed be she who wears this" surrounded by a beveled edge.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Eleftherios Sossidi Hamburg (between 1955-65 - 1990's) sold; [through Sotheby's sale 7742 New York December 7 2001 lot 314]; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (2001-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Note: E. Sossidi (1913-1992) worked in Cairo from 1958-1968.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Intaglio: Aphrodite Anadyomene
Description:
Yellow and red jasper intaglio, with a carving of Aphrodite Anadyomene standing frontal, head turned to the left, nude and arms raised to touch her shoulders.
On the reverse is a Greek inscription that translates as "blessed be she who wears this" surrounded by a beveled edge.
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