Figurine
| Object Number: | 48-2-204 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Turkey (uncertain) |
| Period: | Roman Period |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Aphrodite Anadyomene |
| Height: | 7 cm |
| Width: | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number: | 96 - Collector Number L-2-19 - Old Loan Number |
Description
Statue of Venus Anadyomene. Dark green patina and the figure is heavily incrusted. Venus, nude, wrings water out of her hair. Left leg is bent. Stands on a flat square vase. Her head is turned slightly to the left. Features are indistinguishable.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Warden, P. G. 1997. The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 36, no. 82, pl. 8 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Thesis] Moore, Charlotte B. 1969. Description and analysis of the bronze and lead objects in the Herman V. Hilprecht Collection, the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 89, no. 87; p. 323, fig. 67 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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