CIRCA 450 B.C., MAGNA GRAECIA

細節

A GREEK BRONZE VOTIVE STATUETTE OF A YOUTH
CIRCA 450 B.C., MAGNA GRAECIA
Shown naked, with strong muscular torso, walking forwards with his head turned slightly to the right, holding a wine-skin aloft on his left shoulder and a pointed amphora in his right hand down by his side, ankles and feet missing, mounted
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high

來源

Formerly in the Henri de Nanteuil collection, Paris.
European private collection (lots 236-265 and 352): Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel, Kunstwerke der Antike, Auktion 60, 21 September 1982, no. 107.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

PUBLISHED:
K. Schefold, Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst, Basel, 1960, p. 65ff., no. 270.

Schefold writes that this statuette is unique in representing a figure in this pose holding both wine-skin and amphora; such representations are found only in Greek vase painting. The harmony of the composition is particularly notable. The statuette is votive and combines elements of Dionysiac festivals and the death cult of Hades, both divinities being interchangeable in many rites. Schefold discusses the festival celebrated in Athens for the new wine produced at the end of February-March, the Anthesterion, dedicated to Dionysos. It was common to the Ionic region, had originated as a death cult, become associated with Dionysos and thus spread to many wine-producing regions such as Magna Graecia.