Two Hellenistic terracotta female figures
Circa 3rd-1st Centuries B.C.
One a figure of Venus, of Anadyomene type, standing naked, the weight on her left leg, the right leg slightly bent, her arms raised in the act of arranging her hair, circa 3rd-2nd Century B.C., 11in (28cm), repaired with some restoration; the other figure draped in a chiton with a himation over her shoulders and caught under her left arm, her hair centrally-parted and dressed with a diadem, with curls falling at the shoulders, standing on the remains of a reel-shaped base, a large vent behind, some white slip remaining, circa 1st Century B.C., 10½in(26.7cm) high
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