A large Hellenistic Terracotta Figure of Aphrodite, ca. 3rd century BCE Seals - Cylinder An Anmatyerre speaker

An Anmatyerre speaker

Modern strung

with 18K gold caps and a blue glass bead suspended from three of the cross points

it features a slender neck with multi-circled rim and circular base that were both soldered to a gently tapering body hammered from a single sheet of bronze

1971) 200 and 206

A large Hellenistic Terracotta Figure of Aphrodite, ca. 3rd century BCE Seals - Cylinder An Anmatyerre speakerA finely modeled Hellenistic terracotta statuette of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, shown standing gracefully atop an integral plinth base. She is depicted partially nude, with a chiton draped low around her hips, its folds clasped in her left hand. Her right hand rests casually atop a herm (bearded male head set on a pillar), suggesting a dialogue between the erotic and the divine. Aphrodite wears a wreath in her centrally parted hair,