1960s: mending with shellac and partial reconstruction with white plaster.
Description
Aphrodite. Nude female figure wearing pointed cap; left hand raised apparently holding drapery which flows down to base; indistinct object to left of head (another figure onlooking in background?); stands on rectangular pedestal as though statuesque. Blunt details from worn mold. Uneven on back.
Fabric, firing, surface
Light buff clay. Corinthian coroplastic fabric? Traces of thick, even, white slip.
Preservation comment
Complete from four large fragments. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and pitting.