A Tactile Roman Bronze Venus Figurine sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles making it soft and buttery

making it soft and buttery to the touch

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Scotch Argus

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Émile de la Bédollière

A Tactile Roman Bronze Venus Figurine sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles making it soft and butteryOrigin: Roman Period: 100 200 AD Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1st 2ndCentury AD Length: 4. 25 inches 11 cms Width: 1. 5 inches (at maximum) Weight: 120 grams The weighty cast bronze figurine in the provincial style of the goddess Venus standing nude with right hand extended and brought to the midriff, and left raised to head height grasping the hair survives from 1st 2nd Century AD Rome. Considering the considerable age, the piece is in sound