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1839-1613, PHRYNE [BUST OF THE FAMOUS HETAERA]

  • Record Number: 40002179
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: 1839-1613
  • Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
  • Description: PHRYNE [BUST OF THE FAMOUS HETAERA]
  • Inscription Greek: ΦΡΥΝΕ
  • Last Recorded Collection: Christie's, London: 1839-1613
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VIII.8.3
    • Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin: 347
  • Comments: A copy of the Colonna Venus (?), which is an ancient replica of the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles, which Phryne is thought to have modeled for.
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