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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A GODDESS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Probably Fortuna, standing wearing an himation draped around below her waist, over a long chiton, her hair drawn back under a diadem and into a chignon, with remains of a modius, her head turned to the right, mounted, 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high; and a group of mainly Roman bronze figures and attachments including a figure of Isis-Fortuna, crowned by a sun disc between horns and feathers, holding a laden cornucopia and a rudder, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; a circular vessel or lamp lid with a dramatic mask in relief surrounded by an incised berried foliate tendril, 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) long; and a small miniature juglet pendant, mounted, 2 in. (5 cm.) high, all 1st-3rd Century A.D. (9)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Probably Fortuna, standing wearing an himation draped around below her waist, over a long chiton, her hair drawn back under a diadem and into a chignon, with remains of a modius, her head turned to the right, mounted, 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high; and a group of mainly Roman bronze figures and attachments including a figure of Isis-Fortuna, crowned by a sun disc between horns and feathers, holding a laden cornucopia and a rudder, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; a circular vessel or lamp lid with a dramatic mask in relief surrounded by an incised berried foliate tendril, 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) long; and a small miniature juglet pendant, mounted, 2 in. (5 cm.) high, all 1st-3rd Century A.D. (9)
Provenance
German private collection, formed during the 1960s-1970s.
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