Property from a European Private collects ion
A Fragmentary Roman Marble Torso of Dionysos, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Lot Closed
July 6, 01:41 PM GTNN
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private collects ion
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 collects ion of the Fondazione Sorgente in Rome: https://www.fondazionesorgentegroup.com/Statua-di-Dioniso__archeologia_schede_25.html.
