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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE OINOCHOE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The piriform vessel cast with thick walls, the disk rim with overhanging lip on the interior and exterior, the disk base with lathe-turned concentric circles on the reverse, the arching handle separately cast, double-reeded with rounded leaves budding along the shaft, a serrated leaf forming the upturned thumb-rest, buds forming at the join to the vessel mouth, the terminal in the form of a mask of Bacchus, riveted to the vessel, the god's flowing center-parted hair bound in a fillet, the eyes originally inlaid, a palmette below his chin
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The piriform vessel cast with thick walls, the disk rim with overhanging lip on the interior and exterior, the disk base with lathe-turned concentric circles on the reverse, the arching handle separately cast, double-reeded with rounded leaves budding along the shaft, a serrated leaf forming the upturned thumb-rest, buds forming at the join to the vessel mouth, the terminal in the form of a mask of Bacchus, riveted to the vessel, the god's flowing center-parted hair bound in a fillet, the eyes originally inlaid, a palmette below his chin
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Ernst Begner, Basel, collected in the early 1960s-1980s.