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Statuette of Aphrodite (?)

Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
323–31 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Asia Minor, Ionia, Smyrna

Medium/Technique Terracotta
Dimensions 22.1 cm (8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7631
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionStatuette of Aphrodite (?) standing, nude to the waist, with drapery, just below the hips; right foot drawn back. Missing: head; both arms; and a piece from the bottom of the drapery.
Mounted by Research Lab, Sept. 1982
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens: said from Smyrna.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1901