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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE FIGHTING DWARF
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The bearded diminutive figure with bowed legs and muscular torso, his right arm raised, once wielding a weapon, his left arm bent, likely also armed, with short stippled hair, furrowed brow and wide articulated eyes, his macrophallus almost reaching the ground
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The bearded diminutive figure with bowed legs and muscular torso, his right arm raised, once wielding a weapon, his left arm bent, likely also armed, with short stippled hair, furrowed brow and wide articulated eyes, his macrophallus almost reaching the ground
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1989, lot 177.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
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. 90-15.