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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF A WINGED SATYR
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With his head turned sharply to his right, his large pointed ears framed by elaborate corkscrew curls, with a central plait and double knot above, a broad fillet at his forehead, wearing a nebris over his right shoulder, the goat's head at his right elbow, a seasonal garland over his left shoulder and an armband high on his left arm, the feathers of his outspread wings detailed by incision
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With his head turned sharply to his right, his large pointed ears framed by elaborate corkscrew curls, with a central plait and double knot above, a broad fillet at his forehead, wearing a nebris over his right shoulder, the goat's head at his right elbow, a seasonal garland over his left shoulder and an armband high on his left arm, the feathers of his outspread wings detailed by incision
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Provenance
French Private Collection.
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. 88-101.