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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
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
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
1st Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 1st Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
2nd-3rd Century CE
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
305 BCE-323 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
early 2nd Century BCE-1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 1st century BCE-1st century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
305 BCE-323 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE-mid 1st Century CE