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1839-1613, PHRYNE [BUST OF THE FAMOUS HETAERA]
Record Number: 40002179Sub-database: Poniatowski Reference Number: 1839-1613Material of Original Gem: CornelianDescription: PHRYNE [BUST OF THE FAMOUS HETAERA]Inscription Greek: ΦΡΥΝΕLast Recorded Collection: Christie's, London: 1839-1613Previous Collections: Catalogue des pierres gravées 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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