Statue without the head, a part of the neck, the right arm, the left forearm and the left foot, found in 1923-1924 in the waters of the port of Baia among the submerged remains of the imperial palace.
The sculpture – a version of the type known as Hera Borghese, a Roman copy (maybe from the Flavian age) of a bronze Greek original – represented Tyche, the personification of luck, as the remains of a cornucopia on her left arm show.
The sketchy execution of the back suggests that it was placed in a niche, i.e. to be seen only from the front.
The name of the copyist, Karos, maybe from Puteoli, might be attributed to a disciple of Aphrodisios Athenaios, head of the workshop and author of the copy of Hera Borghese of Baiae.
The statue does not show signs of biological degradation.
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