Venus with mirror on her pedestal. The goddess is standing naked, leaning on her left leg. Her right leg, bent at the knee, rests on the ball of her foot.
Her hair is parted in the middle. A double headband secures two braids on either side of her face. The plaits meet at the nape of the neck and divide into a central bun and side locks. The divinity holds one of her locks in her left hand and raises it to face level. The other falls over her right shoulder.
In her right hand, the goddess holds a mirror, a classic attribute of Venus.
This Venus, probably from a Thracian workshop (south-east of the Balkans), is associated with two other statuettes from the same laraire (domestic altar).
Learn more:
- Cramatte, C., “Trois statuettes en bronze provenant de Nyon : un nouvel aspect de la vie religieuse dans la Colonia Iulia Equestris“, Annuaire d’Archéologie Suisse, Société suisse de préhistoire et d’archéologie, Bâle, 2009, vol. 92, p. 257-258, fig. 2, pl. 1.
