Antiquity of Roman Large Bust-Weight of Venus with Silver Inlaid Eyes, Germany

Material: Bronze (copper alloys and lead), decorated with silver inlays.
Traces of lead fillings for calibration of the weight
Dimensions: Height 14 cm.

Provenance: Old private coll. Munich, Germany before 1980. Later : Görny and Mosch GmbH, Munich, 1999/ Private coll. Schellingerhout, Nieuwenhagen, Netherlands (acquired in 1999) / ex private collection KS, Antwerp, Belgium.

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Artefact: Bust weight of Venus (Aphrodite) with large celestial diadem and silver inlaid eyes.

Country: Germany.

Culture: Roman.

Date: 2nd-3rd century AD.

Material: Bronze (copper alloys), decorated
with silver inlays. Traces of lead fillings for calibration
of the weight

Lit: Published and illustrated: GM Munich, 98 /1999 number 2307.

Provenance: Old private coll. Munich, Germany before 1980. Later: Görny and Mosch GmbH, Munich, 1999/ Private coll. Schellingerhout, Nieuwenhagen, Netherlands (acquired in 1999) / ex private collection KS, Antwerp, Belgium.

Remarks: Dimensions: Height: 14 cm. Steelyard weight in the form of a bust of Venus. Her head is turned to the right and her hair piled high, in two parts loosely drawn back and tied in a chignon . The goddess has been depicted nude, wearing an impressive celestial diadem with three luminaries (two silver inlaid) and six lunae.

Signed for authenticity Drs. Karl Stimm
Date

Oever 7 2000 Antwerp Belgium Phone 0032 32 48 18 55
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