2 HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF A HECATEION Depicting the triple-aspected Hecate Dadhouchos as protector of the home and guardian of the soul. Statues of this goddess were often placed in shrines at crossroads. 4th- 3rd Century BC. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) Ex Ancient and Medieval Art Ltd., Furneux, Pelham, England, dissolved in 1990. 3 HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF APHRODITE (VENUS) WRINGING HER HAIR The goddess of love, fertility, beauty, and marriage, arising from the sea. 3rd-2nd Century BC H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex collection of Kenzo Takada, Paris, acquired ca. 1970; Drouot, Paris, 2007. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIX, no. 8, 2008.
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