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Antiquity of Roman Large Bust-Weight of Venus with Silver Inlaid Eyes, Germany
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large bust weight of Venus with silver inlaid eyes and celestial diadem,Roman culture,Germany,2nd-3rd century AD.
The goddess is depicted nude, slightly gazing to her right with detailed silver inlaid eyes and firmly expressed lips. Her hair is piled high in two parts, loosely drawn back and tied in a chignon. The goddess has been depicted nude, wearing an impressive celestial diadem with three luminaries (two of them silver inlaid) and six lunae.
Material: Bronze (copper alloys and lead), decorated with silver inlays.
Traces of lead fillings for calibration of the weight
Dimensions: Height 14 cm.
Provenance: Old private coll. Munich, Germany before 1980. Later : Görny and Mosch GmbH, Munich, 1999/ Private coll. Schellingerhout, Nieuwenhagen, Netherlands (acquired in 1999) / ex private collection KS, Antwerp, Belgium.
Certificate:Akanthos. Akanthos
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Artefact: Bust weight of Venus (Aphrodite) with large celestial diadem and silver inlaid eyes.
Country: Germany.
Culture: Roman.
Date: 2nd-3rd century AD.
Material: Bronze (copper alloys), decorated
with silver inlays. Traces of lead fillings for calibration
of the weight
Lit: Published and illustrated: GM Munich, 98 /1999 number 2307.
Provenance: Old private coll. Munich, Germany before 1980. Later: Görny and Mosch GmbH, Munich, 1999/ Private coll. Schellingerhout, Nieuwenhagen, Netherlands (acquired in 1999) / ex private collection KS, Antwerp, Belgium.
Remarks: Dimensions: Height: 14 cm. Steelyard weight...
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