Антикварна статуетка «Венера»

An exquisite antique statuette depicting a nude woman after bathing. The sculpture is a copy of the work of the famous French sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet “Venus of Paros”, created on the models of ancient Greek sculpture. The surface of the sculpture is matte, which is characteristic of bisque (unglazed porcelain), making it resemble marble. The markings on the reverse (including a cobalt mark in the form of a cross) may indicate that the sculpture was produced at a European factory, possibly in Dresden or Limoges, in the second half of the nineteenth century.