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THBHellenistic Bronze Fulcrum of Panther & Dionysos
Lot 57b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Greek, Late Hellenistic, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A bronze fulcrum, cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process and depicting a panther at one end and a bust of a young Dionysos (also Dionysus, Roman Bacchus) at the opposite end. The god of wine, pleasure, ritual madness, ecstasy, and theatre is presented holding a kantharos while stretching his right arm over his head. His eyes are inlaid with glass. Fulcrum attachments were placed on the fulcrums, or curved headboards, of the reclining couches that wealthy Greeks and Romans sat on during banquets in this time period. Given the importance of wine consumption to these banquets, fulcrum attachments were usually related to either drunkenness or deities associated with it such as Dionysos. Size: 17" L (43.2 cm); 13.75" H (34.9 cm) on included custom stand.
The inclusion of Dionysos and a panther is appropos as artists in ancient Greece and Rome depicted Dionysos (Bacchus) riding a magnificent panther. For example, a wonderful Greek mosaic from Pella (ca. 4th century BCE, Archaeological Museum of Pella) depicts Dionysos riding a panther. Then there is the marvelous marble sculpture of Dionysus with Panther (ca. 2nd century CE) at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. In addition, another marble sculpture depicting Dionysos with a panther (ca. 150 BCE to 100 CE) is in the esteemed collection of the Yale University Art Gallery (accession no. 1956.8.30).
Provenance: ex French Collection 1980\'s and Gorny & Mosch, Munich, GermanyExpected wear commensurate with age. The lower part of the frame around the bust of Dionysos is partially broken away and bent so the medallion is not attached seamlessly. Loss to the terminus of the panther end. Bronze has developed gorgeous green and russet red patina with encrusted areas.Condition
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