1992.256.200: Torso of Aphrodite
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.256.200
- Title
- Torso of Aphrodite
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- statuette, sculpture
- Date
- 1st-3rd century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rhodes, Rhodes
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288848
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Fine-grained white marble
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 8 x 4.4 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
- Accession Year
- 1992
- Object Number
- 1992.256.200
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Upper part of a statuette with a diagonal break across the upper abdomen from the top of right buttock. The figure is missing the head, right arm and shoulder, and the lower left arm. There is a single grooved relief lock hanging down the left side of the back from where the head is broken off. There is a modern mounting hole drilled in bottom break. Brownish stains and accretions on break and upper part of abdomen.
Verification Level
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