A Roman Marble Venus CIRCA 2ND CENTURY C.E. exquisitely carved, still atop its original round socle plinth, the goddess depicted nude, balancing on her right leg, supported below her left elbow by a tree trunk at her left side, reaching down with her right arm toward her raised left ankle, her left knee bent, her body leaning forward, creased across her waist and twisting to the left, her sensual form with dimples low on her back, her youthful face with idealized features, her gaze directed down toward her left foot, with thick upper and lower lids, her center-parted wavy hair bound in a fillet and tied at the back in a chignon at the nape of her neck, fine rasp work visible throughout, the surface highly polished along her body. Height 35 inches.