Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 167 in Gschwantler, et al., Guss+Form, Bronzen aus der Antikensammlung.
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CIRCA 3RD-EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE JANIFORM BALSAMARIUM
CIRCA 3RD-EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
In the form of conjoined heads of a maenad and satyr, the maenad dominating the ensemble, with her hair arranged in a melon coiffure and bound in diadem with a rosette at its center and double-bead pendants along its length, feathery wings at the volutes above the ears, wearing a necklace of drop-shaped pendants with matching earrings, the bearded satyr with a foliate fillet on his furrowed brow, with two suspension loops at the crown of the maenad's head, the slanted vessel mouth with incised angled lines
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high
CIRCA 3RD-EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
In the form of conjoined heads of a maenad and satyr, the maenad dominating the ensemble, with her hair arranged in a melon coiffure and bound in diadem with a rosette at its center and double-bead pendants along its length, feathery wings at the volutes above the ears, wearing a necklace of drop-shaped pendants with matching earrings, the bearded satyr with a foliate fillet on his furrowed brow, with two suspension loops at the crown of the maenad's head, the slanted vessel mouth with incised angled lines
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high
Provenance
with Bruce McAlpine, London.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 89-66.