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THBRoman Antico Marble Head Fragment of Bacchus
Lot 15a
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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
Roman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A gorgeous sculptural herm fragment carved in high relief from pale-yellow antico marble with faint red inclusions depicting Bacchus (Greek Dionysos), god of wine, theatre, and rapture. As a herm, it was an ornamental piece intended for display in a cabinet or recessed in a niche or wall. The god of wine is depicted in his elder years with a bushy beard, a recessed almond-shaped eye, and a rounded cheek bone beneath a wavy coiffure bound with a three-row fillet of tight corkscrews. Size: 2" W x 4" H (5.1 cm x 10.2 cm); 5.1" H (13 cm) on included custom stand.
Herm or herma are sculptures with a head, sometimes a torso, and male genitals carved at the appropriate height. They are thought to derive from the ancient Greek practice of worshipping divinities that were in the form of cairns or columns of stone or wood. These later evolved into adding a head and phallus to the column. Many herma are of Hermes himself, but others - both gods and real figures like Socrates and Plato - are known. Statues like this one were apotropaic and kept in many places - at crossroads, in temples, in public places, and in homes.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Sid Port collection, California, USA, 1980s
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#144209This is a fragment of a larger sculpture. Minor nicks to neck, face, and hair, with light softening to some finer details, and minor encrustations. Light earthen deposits and root marks throughout.Condition
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