A ROMAN MARBLE INFANT BACCHUS
A ROMAN MARBLE INFANT BACCHUS

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE INFANT BACCHUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The paunchy youth depicted nude but for a feline-skin tied on his right shoulder, falling along his back and gathered in his left arm, cradling a panther, his right arm pulled back, his head turned slightly to the right, a deeply-drilled wreath of ivy vine and berries in his hair, the ties falling onto his shoulders, his coiffure with a central plait along the crown of his head, pulled into a chignon at the nape of his neck
13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Aix-en-Provence, 1950s.

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