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THBRoman Bronze Strigil - Rare Form, Incised Decoration
Lot 74c
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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 bronze strigil with a narrow, scooped blade that curves at a gentle right angle to a flattened handle that has an elongated loop at one end in order to attach it to a belt. The back of the blade has beautiful incised motifs of swimming fish, depicted with bodies covered in scales and flowing fins and tails. The handle has a repeated leaf-like motif on its back. Size: 8.5" W x 4.4" H (21.6 cm x 11.2 cm)
The strigil was a scoop-like scraper used in combination with olive oil and sand or pumice to exfoliate the skin after exercising or bathing. The strigil 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: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-private Dutch collection; ex-Christie's London, May 13, 2003, lot 164
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#133019Dark patina, with a few tiny, stable surface cracks, notably at the curve of the blade.Condition
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