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The 80 cm high statue that Christie's present to us in New York on June 4 under the catalogue number 264, is in porphyry. It is a goddess of which we are told that she was called Tyche. Her attitude, legs crossed and an elbow on the thigh, is cool, as it may be said today. Its most remarkable feature is undoubtedly the movement of folds of her heavy clothing. The mortises allowed to assemble th…