Probably from a statue of Tiye. It’s made of jasper. I’ve always considered this to be one of the most gorgeous, technical-show-off pieces of the ancient world.

Back in the day, and I really mean back in the day, the Egyptians put out some incredibly sexy artwork of their own. This piece is from around 1350 BC.
Mektaten the daughter of Nefertiti.
Either a statue of Medusa, or a gorgon that just looked in a mirror.
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Marble, for sure, but I don’t know anything else about this magnificent sculpture.
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More sculpture from India, this time by the locals. I love the girl in the middle doing her “OMG, I’m next!” face.
Khajuraho temple ~ Indian Temple Art
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This Florentine version of Leda and the Swan is now—thanks to the whims of the British Empire—in the Scindia Museum in Gwailor, India. They describe it as “Leda having her way with the swan”, although I’ve always thought of the story the other way around.
Leda was one of the most common subjects for Renaissance erotica, and one of the most confusing. I mean, swans…not really…don’t have much of a….you see where I’m going with this? But she looks pretty happy. And check out the fabric and hair!
Unfortunately, I don’t know the sculptor.
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As Maymay has pointed out, St. Sebastian is a major male subject of Catholic sadoeroticism. He’s also a little more accessible than the other main subject: Jesus. Here Sebastian is looking pretty calm in alabaster and gold.
I’m guessing this is from the 1900s. Comper would have been the designer, not the sculptor.
A statue of Saint Sebastian in an English church, by Sir Ninian Comper
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india, early 12th century. sandstone.