Minerva Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 1880s.
The Venus de Milo (/d? 'ma?lo?, d? 'mi?lo?/; Greek: ?f??d?t? t?? ?????, romanized: Afrodíti tis Mílou) is an ancient Greek sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period, sometime between 150 and 125 BC. It is one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture, having been prominently displayed at the Louvre Museum since shortly after the statue was rediscovered on the island of Milos, Greece, in 1820.
The sculpture is sometimes called the Aphrodite de Milos, due to the imprecision of naming the Greek sculpture after a Roman deity (Venus). Some scholars theorize that the statue actually represents the sea-goddess Amphitrite, who was venerated on the island in which the statue was found. The work was originally attributed to the 4th century Athenian sculptor Praxiteles, but, based upon an inscription on its plinth, it is now widely agreed that the statue was created later, and instead is the work of Alexandros of Antioch.
Minerva Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 1880s.
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An Antique Parian Porcelain Sculpture of Venus De Milo.circa 1880-1900
