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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Venus
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Venus

Possible OriginAlexandria, Egypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodPtolemaic Period - Roman Period
Datemid 1st Century BCE-mid 1st Century CE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions5 3/8 x 2 5/16 x 1 1/2 in., 295 g (13.6 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm, 10 3/8 oz.)
Object number2018.010.057
Published ReferencesHotel des Chevau-Legers Versailles, Archeologie (10 Juillet 1973), lot 76ter.
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Chevau-Legers, Versailles, France, July 10, 1973, lot 76ter. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
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Horus the Child
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305-30 BCE
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Head of a Nubian
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Harpocrates
ca. 1st Century CE
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Bust of Serapis
2nd-3rd Century CE
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Bust of an Empress
early 2nd Century CE
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Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I
305-282 BCE
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Ring
305-30 BCE
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Disk
305-30 BCE
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Bearded Man atop Two Phalluses
305-30 BCE
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Bust of a Queen
305-30 BCE