Birth of Aphrodite

Classification

statuette

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

12.56 × 19.04 cm

Date

second half of the 4th century B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323); Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

clay

Iconography

Aphrodite ; sea ; mantle ; shell ; birth

Production place

Corinth?

Findspot

Corinth

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Inventory

2002.1.A

Hyp-4062

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 57–58, fig. 36; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 65, fig. 36; Szilágyi–Szabó, in BullMusHong 46–47 (1976), 23–24, 153–154, fig. 14

The terracotta statuette depicts the birth ofAphrodite's. The goddess is standing inside a clam, she is naked and holding her mantle in her raised right hand. The sea wawes cover her feet.
Probably made in a Corinthian workshop.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.