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Aphrodite
Roman
Imperial Period
Medium/Technique
Marble resembling alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Godfrey Peckitt
Accession Number61.1408
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 180; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 112 (additional published references).
DescriptionAphrodite has a dolphin-like support at her left side. Her himation is arranged around her lower limbs, and four ringlets of hair remain on the back of her neck.
The torso, drapery, and lower limbs have a yellow coloring, on relatively undeteriorated surfaces.
The torso, drapery, and lower limbs have a yellow coloring, on relatively undeteriorated surfaces.
ProvenanceBy 1961: Mrs. Godfrey Peckitt Collection (from Egypt); gift of Mrs. Godfrey Peckitt to MFA, December 1961