Lot Essay
For a related example, but suckling only one child, from Allier, France and now in the British Museum, see fig. 25, p. 42 in Johns, Sex or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome.
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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A GALLO-ROMAN TERRACOTTA GROUP
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Mold-made of light brown fabric, depicting a woman nursing twins, the woman seated on a high-backed throne patterned with herringbone, suggesting wicker, enveloped in a long robe, her shod feet protruding from below the hem, supporting the twins on her knees, her hair center-parted and arranged in a top-knot
6¼ in. (15.8 cm) high
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Mold-made of light brown fabric, depicting a woman nursing twins, the woman seated on a high-backed throne patterned with herringbone, suggesting wicker, enveloped in a long robe, her shod feet protruding from below the hem, supporting the twins on her knees, her hair center-parted and arranged in a top-knot
6¼ in. (15.8 cm) high
Provenance
De Serre, Paris
Private Collection
Private Collection
