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Lot 229*

A Hellenistic marble figure of Aphrodite

24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,500 inc. premium

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A Hellenistic marble figure of Aphrodite
Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
The nude goddess standing with weight resting on her left leg, a stylised ribbed drape falling from the crook of her left arm, with four tresses of hair falling to just below the shoulders, 6¾in (17cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
The Cyrus Collection. Property of Fay Safani, New York.
Inherited from Edward Safani, acquired in the 1970s.

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