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Nude Seated Woman

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Nude woman, probably Aphrodite, seated on a rock. Drapery over her left arm and hand. Melon type coiffure, brownish surface. Back modeled, oval vent hole, lower half repaired with pink clay from interior. Head fastened at neck may not be original.

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Misses Katherine B. and Mary D. Upham; loan to Fogg Art Museum 1908. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Loan from Estate of Donald Upham and Mrs. R. U. Hunter

323-31 BCE 4th-1st century BCE Hellenistic period -323 -31

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Title: Nude Seated Woman

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Nude woman, probably Aphrodite, seated on a rock.

Drapery over her left arm and hand.

Melon type coiffure, brownish surface.

Back modeled, oval vent hole, lower half repaired with pink clay from interior.

Head fastened at neck may not be original.

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