Torso of Aphrodite anadyomene in slight contrapposto. An Eros, whose left hand r…

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Torso of Aphrodite anadyomene in slight contrapposto. An Eros, whose left hand remains, must have been resting on the divinity's right arm. Alabaster (wear, accidents, detached legs, visible missing parts). In the taste of Hellenistic productions, 17th or 18th century. Height: 22.5 cm

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Torso of Aphrodite anadyomene in slight contrapposto. An Ero

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