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LOT 0854

Roman Bronze Dancing Woman Statuette

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

2 1/2 in. (40.3 grams total, 63 mm including stand).

Modelled in dynamic pose with her peplos slipping loose from her shoulders and held at her waist by her right hand; head turned and left hand held at the breast; possibly a Maenad; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Footnotes

Maenads were followers of Dionysus whose rites were characterised by vigorous dancing to loud music and crashing cymbals, in which the revellers whirled and became drunk, and incited each another to greater abandon.

CONDITION

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LOT 0854

Roman Bronze Dancing Woman Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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