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THBIberian Bronze Standing Male Figure
Lot 65a
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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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- Lot Description
Ancient Europe, Spain, Iberian Peninsula, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. An abstract anthropomorphic male figure, standing nude atop fused legs with a central vertical recession down the middle and a small tenon protruding from beneath. His erect posture is presented via his straightened back, and he holds slender arms outwards with curled fingers and outward-facing thumbs. Despite the minimalist form of the rest of the body, his limbs are curved and display a naturalistic attention to musculature detailing. Petite almond eyes, a triangular nose, pursed lips, and ovoid ears comprise his visage all beneath a domed brow. The figure is covered in lustrous layers of green and brown patina. Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 1.425" W x 4.8" H (3.6 cm x 12.2 cm); 4.875" H (12.4 cm) on included custom stand.
Iberian statuette examples like this would have been placed in a sanctuary or temple - a change that occurred around the beginning of the later Iberian period, as prior to that votive human figures were placed into burials. This indicates a shift in belief systems, perhaps to a religious understanding where humans interacted directly with the gods rather than going through an intermediary like a priest. Bronze figures are particularly associated with the sanctuaries at Despenaperros and El Cerro de los Santos, while other sites had stone figures. Iberian figures from this period are always either very clearly male or female.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#137135Small loss to side of tenon and some fingers. Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small nicks to legs, arms, and head, with fading to some finer details particularly around face. Light earthen deposits and nice green and brown patina throughout. Old inventory label on verso of base.Condition
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