CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE DANCER
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Likely a maenad, depicted moving forward with her weight on her left leg, the right pulled back, her upper torso twisting dramatically to her left, her arms originally raised, wearing a chiton which has fallen off the left shoulder, exposing the breast, the drapery gathered below, accentuating its form, with deep folds falling vertically along the left leg and curving folds conforming to the position of the right leg, and a heavy mantle draped over her back falling in a thick mass with zigzag edges
27½ in. (69.8 cm.) high

Provenance

with Gawain McKinley, London, mid 1980s.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York, early 1990s.

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Lot Essay

For the pose but with a different treatment for the drapery, compare the figure of a maenad in Dresden, fig. 189-190 in Bieber, Ancient Copies, Contributions to the History of Greek and Roman Art; the figure of a dancer in the Museo Nazionale, Rome, fig. 90-91; and another in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, fig. 92 in Bieber, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age. The Dresden maenad preserves her head, which is thrown back in ecstasy. Variations of the pose and drapery appear on Neo-Attic reliefs, see figs. 495-501 in Bieber, Ancient Copies.

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