Vases Figurine of Aphrodite with a goose
Figurine of Aphrodite with a goose

Figurine of Aphrodite with a goose

1st century B.C.
Statuette of a nude Aphrodite and a goose on a high molded plinth. Aphrodite is standing having her weight on the right leg and the left is placed a little to the back; She is holding out her himation behind her with both hands. Two strings of round disks are crossed between breasts. She wears a stephane with a scalloped edge and a radiated outer segment. Pink and blue on modius; red on hair; traces of cream color on the body of Aphrodite, and the goose; red on the base. The front of the base largely restored. Pinkish-red clay.
Period
Hellenistic Period
Date
1st century B.C.
Culture
Greek, East Greek
Findspot
Asia Minor, Aeolis, Myrina
Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number
01.7741
Image Source
boston_mfa
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)