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Bird Goddess, Statue Woman, Standing Woman, Fertility Goddess, Harvard Art Museum, Goddess Sculpture, Ancient Goddesses, Ancient Pottery, Early Middle Ages

A nude female figure stands on a low, square base. Incised chevron-shaped marks across the top front of the head indicate hair or a headdress; the top of the head is concave. The eyes are large and round, formed by applied circular pellets deeply indented in center with a circular, pointed tool. The nose is prominent, triangular and beak-like. No mouth is indicated. On either side of the face, three round indented pellets (formed like the eyes) represent hair (“perforated curls”?), ears, or…

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Aphrodite Goddess Of Love, Venus Aphrodite, Ancient Mediterranean, Goddess Aphrodite, Aphrodite Goddess, Ancient Goddesses, Ancient Greek Art, Rome Antique, Greek Sculpture

Aphrodite riding a dolphin over the sea. The sweeping movement of the cloth, far over the head of the goddess, represents the speed of the movement. Terracotta from Myrina, Greece, 1st cen. BC From the exhibition “Die Unsterblichen Götter Griechenlands” Munich. Antikensammlungen

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