Measuring 12" in height, this hand-tinted cold-cast Bronze Statue of Aphrodite the Goddess of Love and Beauty is perfect for altar or bedroom. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. Myrtles, doves, sparrows, horses, and swans are sacred to her. In this statue, she is featured with doves. The Greeks identified the Ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor with Aphrodite.
Aphrodite was also associated with, and often depicted with, the sea, dolphins, pomegranates,sceptres, apples, myrtle, rose trees, lime trees, clams, scallop shells, and pearls.