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CIRCA 250 B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM
CIRCA 250 B.C.
In the form of the head of a maenad, naturalistically rendered and finely modelled, her elaborate coiffure bound in plain and braided bands interwoven with a grape vine, the ties falling before each ear, the hair with individually delineated strands pulled into a chignon, wisps falling onto her cheeks and forehead, her sharply-lidded eyes with perforated pupils once inlaid, a twisted collar at the base, the vessel lid with a suspension loop at its center, three suspension loops emerging from her hair, each preserving a small portion of the chain
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 250 B.C.
In the form of the head of a maenad, naturalistically rendered and finely modelled, her elaborate coiffure bound in plain and braided bands interwoven with a grape vine, the ties falling before each ear, the hair with individually delineated strands pulled into a chignon, wisps falling onto her cheeks and forehead, her sharply-lidded eyes with perforated pupils once inlaid, a twisted collar at the base, the vessel lid with a suspension loop at its center, three suspension loops emerging from her hair, each preserving a small portion of the chain
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
with V. Rosenbaum, Ascona.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1983.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1983.
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. 83-6.
Exhibited
From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 26 March - 23 June 1996.