11 in. (28 cm.) high

Dr. Harald Schmid (1901-1970), Biel, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1967; thence by descent to present owner.

Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern, Biel, Solothurn: Zentralbibliothek Solothurn, (exhibition cat.), 1967, p. 132, no. 322, pl. 43.

Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern-Biel-Solothurn, 21 October-3 December 1967.

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With a veil over her head and carrying a dove in her right hand and an apple of pomegranite in her left hand, this figure most likely represents the goddess Aphrodite. For similar protomes found at Olynthus see D. M. Robinson, Excavations at Olynthos 7, 1931, p. 23, pl. 7, no. 31.
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