Aphrodite

Arnold Machin, Wedgwood

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Cast-iron ring, the plain band with split shoulder, the face with a pierced fram in the form of a rosette, in the middle a dove with outstretched wings.
Small hollow pedestal for an unidentified object of white jasper with green and lilac jasper relief decoration (tricolor), the round foot with overlapping leaves of green jasper, the round columnar body with green floral swags held in place by lilac ram's heads, on top a thin square plinth in lilac jasper, with a hole to accommodate a screw.
Hollow Parian figure of a seated woman wearing an off-the-shoulder, flowing gown, her left leg propped on a rock, her left arm bent and resting on her knee, her hand at her chin, her right arm dropped and holding a small harp at her side, on an irregular rocky base.
Highly polished, head faces left