ROMANO-EGYPTIAN LEAD VENUS AND AENEAS FIGURINE 30 BC-323 AD A cast figure of the nude Venus on a tiered base, facing with hands raised to her hair, accompanied by her son Aeneas (or Cupid) with right arm raised. 20 grams, 59 mm (2 1/2"). Fine condition. Provenance UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Footnotes Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, sex, fertility and prosperity. She was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy.
ROMANO-EGYPTIAN LEAD VENUS AND AENEAS FIGURINE 30 BC-323 AD A cast figure of the nude Venus on a tiered base, facing with hands raised to her hair, accompanied by her son Aeneas (or Cupid) with right arm raised. 20 grams, 59 mm (2 1/2"). Fine condition. Provenance UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Footnotes Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, sex, fertility and prosperity. She was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy.
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