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This is the rating and price for AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FIGURE OF APHRODITE ANADYOMENE



Description : Roman Imperial Period, Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Pale green in color with purple highlights, standing on an integral base, the drapery covering only her lower abdomen and legs, her head turned to the right, wearing a necklace, arranging her long tresses with her hands; together with a Roman faience theater mask pendant, with perforated megaphone-like mouth, a suspension loop above; and an Egyptian faience figure of squatting Harpokrates, blue in color, with details in black glaze, the side lock of youth visible over his right shoulder 91/2 in. (24 cm) high (3) PROVENANCE Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Islamic, Greek, Roman and Etruscan Antiquities, Sotheby's New York, 7 December 1973, lot 94 for the Aphrodite Gallery Archeologia, Montreal for the mask pendant NOTES For a similar figure of Aphrodite see no. 88, pl. xiii in Riefstahl, Ancient Egyptian Glass and Glazes in the Brooklyn Museum. The mask pendant and the Harpokrates not illustrated.
Price: 1 793.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 3000 USD-5000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 301
Title : AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FIGURE OF APHRODITE ANADYOMENE
Christie's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : ANTIQUITIES
Sale date : 12 Jun 2002 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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