Hellenistic or Roman pottery votive model phallus

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A small moulded pottery votive model of a phallus.

Culture:
Hellenistic or early Roman, 2nd or 1st Century BC

Size:
4 x 5.8 cms

Condition:
Intact as shown

Provenance:
Deaccessioned from the Beate Uhse Erotic Museum, Berlin, Germany. Ex. collection Beate Uhse, Germany (1919-2001); acquired from a 19th Century collection.

Beate Uhse was an early pioneer of gender equality, becoming a pilot in the 1930’s and founding reputedly the first sex shop in the world after World War II.

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