© British Museum
Statuette of Aphrodite
Artist: Greek
Location: British Museum
Date: 300-200 BC
Materials: marble
Dimensions: 54 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £20,000 (Total: £65,000)
Vendor: Private collector
Review number: 4798 (2000)
Provenance:
Found at Knossos on Crete in 1858; purchased by Captain T A B Spratt; inherited by his son, Colonel F Spratt Bowring, who sold it at Sotheby's, London 1929; Sotheby's London, 1934; Sotheby's New York, 1998
Description:
Aphrodite preparing for her bath. Full figure bending to remove the sandal from her left foot.
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