Marble Fragmentary Torso of Venus

Culture: Roman

Period: 1st-2nd century A.D.

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 27.5 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 3224

Provenance: Private collection Otto Walter, Vienna. Acquired in October 1998 in Paris. With French antiquity passport dated 21 October 1998.

Condition: Fragment, except for some abrasion on the right rear of wonderful quality.

Description: Female torso of white, fine crystalline marble. The proportions are finely worked out, right above the navel broken. The right leg, probably originally the rear leg, on the thigh broken. The left leg right below the hip broken. Roman copy of a Greek original. Mounted.