14A013
STATUETTE OF APHRODITE
Tarentine, 4th century B.C.
Terracotta, mould-made, Height: 20.5 cm.

The goddess, arms now lost, bends forward from her hips, resting her left foot on a low cippus. Her torso leans slightly to her left, and she looks downward. Her upper body is nude, but her legs are covered by a garment rolled thickly about her hips. Brown paint adheres to her hair, and traces of pink and blue paint remain on the drapery, with a pattern of stripes evident on the part covering the left leg. This is a depiction of Aphrodite at her bath, a theme made famous by the Cnidian Aphrodite of Praxiteles.

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