Headless white terracotta statue of Venus anadyomed, emergin - Lot 192

Lot 192
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420 - 450 EUR
Headless white terracotta statue of Venus anadyomed, emergin - Lot 192
Headless white terracotta statue of Venus anadyomed, emerging from the waters, represented naked with her right hand on her hair and her left hand, placed along her body, resting on a drapery falling in volutes to the ground. The bust with the small chest is thin and the pelvis wider. Allier workshop, 2nd-3rd century AD H : 13,5cm Found in 1945 by a Canadian soldier who had participated in the battle of the cliffs after the landing in the plains below Caen, hosted in a Norman family, he offered the statuette, as if it were a doll, to the girl aged 10 years now grandmother From the collection of Mr. Tastet of the old shop : Sou d'or in Béziers. Invoice of 4/12/1978
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