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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE BACCHUS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Standing on an integral rectangular plinth, hatched across the front, his weight in his right hip, his left knee slightly bent, his head turned to his right, a kantharos in his lowered right hand, a downturned thyrsus in his raised left hand, wearing high boots and an animal skin over his left shoulder and diagonally across his torso, a grape wreath in his hair, pulled back into a chignon and falling in ringlets onto his shoulders, his oval face with large almond-shaped eyes, details incised throughout
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Standing on an integral rectangular plinth, hatched across the front, his weight in his right hip, his left knee slightly bent, his head turned to his right, a kantharos in his lowered right hand, a downturned thyrsus in his raised left hand, wearing high boots and an animal skin over his left shoulder and diagonally across his torso, a grape wreath in his hair, pulled back into a chignon and falling in ringlets onto his shoulders, his oval face with large almond-shaped eyes, details incised throughout
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Geneva.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1983.
with Old World Galleries, New York.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1983.
with Old World Galleries, New York.
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. 83-8.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.