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17 - STATUE OF A PEPLOPHORE White marble with patina H.
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Estimate €38,000 - €40,000
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STATUE OF A PEPLOPHORE White marble with patina H. 72 cm Roman art, Augustan period, 1st century Provenance Former private collection in the south of France, assembled between the 1970s and 2000 Inherited ever since A draped female statue, headless and missing its arms, preserved from the neck down to the plinth. The figure stands with her weight resting on her right leg, the supporting leg over which the fabric is drawn in tight, vertical folds, almost columnar in appearance; the left leg, free and slightly bent, causes the knee to protrude beneath the drapery, animating the surface with softer, oblique folds. She is clad in a peplos with a long fold (apoptygma), cinched high beneath the bust; the fold falls in thick panels over the bust and upper hips, creating a play of light and shadow that contrasts with the vertical, flowing drape of the skirt. The ensemble rests on an ancient plinth. The surface bears a patina and concretions bearing witness to a long period of burial. The type of the peplophore — the ‘peplos-bearer’ — dates back to the creations of the Severe Style and the Early Classical period (5th century BC), and was disseminated through numerous replicas and variations right up to the Hellenistic and then Roman periods. The retrospective classicism of the Augustan age saw a proliferation of these figures draped in the Greek style, intended to adorn public spaces, sanctuaries, gardens and villas. In the absence of a head and attributes, the identity remains open to interpretation: she may be a goddess — Athena, Kore or Artemis — or an idealised female figure. For a closely related figure, see the Hellenistic marble peplophoros in the Louvre (Ma 3076), as well as the 2nd-century AD statue of Athena held at the Musée Saint-Raymond in Toulouse (Ra 112).
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Auction time 07/08/2026 at 3:00 PM
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