Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property from a European Private Collection

A Fragmentary Roman Marble Torso of Dionysos, circa 2nd Century A.D.

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

July 6, 01:41 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a European Private Collection

A Fragmentary Roman Marble Torso of Dionysos

circa 2nd Century A.D.


standing with the weight on his left leg against a tree-trunk support, and wearing an animal skin falling down his back and girdled at the waist, the ends of the girdle’s knot arranged into a loop; no restorations.

Height 34 cm.

acquired in the 1970s/1980s, probably at auction at Replica Shoes 's or Christie's

For a statue of the youthful Dionysos with an animal skin falling down his back and girdled at the waist, see the statue in the collection of the Fondazione Sorgente in Rome: https://www.fondazionesorgentegroup.com/Statua-di-Dioniso__archeologia_schede_25.html.

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