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THBRoman Bronze Strigil - Rare Form
Lot 53
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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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Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An elegant and simple bronze strigil with a narrow, concave blade that gently curves and tapers to a sharpened point. The blade straightens out to a flattened handle that folds over and meets the base of the scoop. The rectangular handle would allow the user to easily maneuver the blade when in use, and enabled it to be suspended on a hook or small peg when not in use. The entire tool is covered in thick areas of pale-green, dark-green, and russet-hued patina. Typical strigils do not have pointed blades but rather curved ends and more-pronounced bending to the blade portion. The sharpened tip and slender blade profile make this an exceptionally rare example. Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 8.375" L (21.3 cm); 6.375" H (16.2 cm) on included custom stand.
The strigil was a scraper used in combination with olive oil and sand or pumice to exfoliate the skin after exercising or bathing. It was an essential piece of equipment for the Greek and Roman athlete, and as such came to symbolize athleticism itself. Greek vases abound with depictions of youthful athletes using strigils in the gymnasium. The celebrated sculpture by Lysippos, the Apoxyomenos of ca. 350 to 325 BCE, depicted a nude athlete scraping himself off with a strigil. The Romans adopted the strigil not only among the athletes in the paelestra but also among the patrons of the public baths.
Provenance: ex-private Cypress, Texas, USA collection
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#132719Surface wear commensurate with age and use, slight bending to overall form, small nicks to handle and blade portion, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice earthen deposits and lovely light-green, dark-green, and russet patina throughout.Condition
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