Beschreibung:

A gilded terracotta statuette of Aphrodite Anadyomene Late 1st Century B.C./1st Century A.D. The nude goddess standing, dressing her hair, twisting one of her long tresses as she looks towards her upraised left hand (the mirror which it probably held now missing), her curled hair in front held in place by a stephane with a miniature polos above, a looped plait falling down her back, with brown splash marks on the body and three concentric rings (two on her stomach and one on her thigh) possibly representing tattoo marks, the square plinth on which she stands incised with Greek letters, traces of gilding on hair and body 14in. (35.7cm.) high