figure
- Museum number
- 1865,0103.37
- Description
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Bronze figure of Aphrodite fastening a necklace (now missing).
- Production date
- 200BC-100BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The type is sometimes associated with the Aphrodite Pselioumene, a statue by Praxiteles mentioned by Pliny. The meaning of 'Pselioumene' is disputed, with the Greek word 'pselion' variously translated as necklace, armlet or anklet (Liddell-Scott only give the latter two options). An identification of this sculptural type with Praxiteles' Pselioumene is thus doubtful.
- Location
- On display (G22/dc7)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1990 20 Oct-9 Dec, Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.119
1991 5 Jan-20 Feb, Japan, Yamaguchi, Prefectural Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.119
1991 9 Mar-7 May, Japan, Osaka, National Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.119
2005 5 May-1 Oct, Scotland, Touring Exhibition 'Titian's Venus Anadyomene'
2007 19 Mar-18 Jun, France, Paris, Musee du Louvre, Praxitèle
2015, 5 May-6 Sep, Venice, Fondazione Prada, Portable Classics
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1865,0103.37
