STATUARY GROUP APHRODITE AND EROS The divinity is depicted standing in slight contrapposto, her right leg bent forward. The goddess is dressed in a chiton that is tight at the waist and covered with a large pleated himation, which is brought down to hip level and raised at the back by her right hand. On his left shoulder is the god Eros, with youthful, naked features. There are two holes in his shoulder blades, where his wings were once attached. White marble with ochre patina. Height 42 cm Hellenistic art, 2nd-1st century BC An Asia Minor Late Hellenistic marble group of Aphrodite and Eros. The divinity is depicted standing in a slight contrapposto, the right leg bent forward. Dressed in a tight chiton at the waist and covered with a wide pleated himation, itself brought up to the hips and raised at the back by her right hand. On her left shoulder, the god Eros, in youthful and naked features. On her shoulders, two perforations, from where her wings had once been fixed. 2nd-1st century BCE. Provenance Acquired from Me Clavel, Marseille, 30 June 1985, lot 125