Roman Statuette of Attis

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (117 grams total, 97 mm high including stand).

A bronze figure of Attis standing wearing the distinctive Phrygian cap, advancing wearing a flounced tunic and cloak, holding a falx in the left hand; right arm absent; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

German art market, 1990s.
Mr A.H., a North American collector living in the UK.

Literature

Cf. bronze figure of Attis with curved falx in one hand, forming the handle of a folding knife: in the British Museum, London, under reference no. 1772,0312.87.

CONDITION

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