NEX005
Parthian alabaster reclining figurine of a woman, possibly Aphrodite.
2nd-1st century BC.
L. 19.3 cm (7 9/16 in.), H. 9.5 cm (3 6/8 in.)
Missing upper part of head, lower left arm and toes of right foot. The body left side eroded and partly polished.
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The nude woman – possibly Aphrodite – is depicted in a relaxed pose, reclining on her left side. Her body is leaning on her now missing left arm, her legs slightly bent, and her right arm elegantly extended along her right leg, with the fingertips on her thigh.
The frontal elongated head with finely modeled face with almond-shaped eyes, arching brows merging into the slender nose, small mouth with full lips, protruding chin and two creases at the neck.
The big body with chubby features, with emphasize on the hips. Two folds of flesh on the right side of the torso, stressing the sensuous curves of the body.
The woman is modeled in a graceful posture, with fine facial features and fleshy anatomic details, in a baroque style. The graceful reclining posture of the figure is influenced by the Hellenistic art, mixed with the local style with the heavy chubby features.
Cf. Stewart, A., 1990, fig. 769.
Figurines of reclining women, Parthian Period, 2nd century BC-2nd century AD, Alabaster, MMA Collection, no 86.16.3-4: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/86.16.3; http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/30000767
Stewart, A., Greek Sculpture. An Exploration, II ( plates ), Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990.
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