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Roman Marble Torso of Aphrodite after the Knidian Aphrodite by Praxiteles (mid-4th Century BC) 1st - 2nd Centuries AD Height: 33.7 cm. (13 1/4 in.) Ex: Christos Bastis collection, United States, acquired in the early 1940's. Published: Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Treasures VII (New York, 2009) pp.42-43 Safani Gallery Inc; 47th Winter Antiques Show (New York, 2001) no.III Sotheby's; Antiquities. Bastis Collection (New York, 12.09.1999) no.153 Metropolitan Museum of Art; Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis (New York, 1987) no.62 Comparanda: Hornbostel, Wilhelm ; Kunst der Antike : Schatze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz (Mainz, 1977) no.31 Bieber, M; The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age (New York, 1961) figs.26, 30; text. p.20