AN IMPORTANT LARGE ROMAN INLAID BRONZE BACCHUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
AN IMPORTANT LARGE ROMAN INLAID BRONZE BACCHUS CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. The youthful god depicted nude, standing with his weight on his left leg, the right relaxed and bent at the knee, his left arm lowered, perhaps once holding a kantharos, and his right arm raised, perhaps once holding a cluster of grapes, his fleshy torso with copper inlays for the nipples, his head turned to his right, with a smooth forehead and modeled angular brows merging with the bridge of his nose, the lidded convex eyes inlaid in silver and articulated, his long hair center parted and bound in a copper fillet incised with a scrolling vine, with separately-made wavy tresses falling along his neck and spreading onto his shoulders, atop the original, elaborate, tiered plinth together with a seated panther at his feet, its left forepaw raised, the upper tier of the plinth circular in form with a cyma reversa molding, the lower square, with incised petals on the upper surface, a foliate band on the outer edge, a dog-tooth molding below, the corners supported by down-turned felines, their tails looped, their heads raised 33 5/8 in. (63.3 cm.) high
AN IMPORTANT LARGE ROMAN INLAID BRONZE BACCHUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
AN IMPORTANT LARGE ROMAN INLAID BRONZE BACCHUS CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. The youthful god depicted nude, standing with his weight on his left leg, the right relaxed and bent at the knee, his left arm lowered, perhaps once holding a kantharos, and his right arm raised, perhaps once holding a cluster of grapes, his fleshy torso with copper inlays for the nipples, his head turned to his right, with a smooth forehead and modeled angular brows merging with the bridge of his nose, the lidded convex eyes inlaid in silver and articulated, his long hair center parted and bound in a copper fillet incised with a scrolling vine, with separately-made wavy tresses falling along his neck and spreading onto his shoulders, atop the original, elaborate, tiered plinth together with a seated panther at his feet, its left forepaw raised, the upper tier of the plinth circular in form with a cyma reversa molding, the lower square, with incised petals on the upper surface, a foliate band on the outer edge, a dog-tooth molding below, the corners supported by down-turned felines, their tails looped, their heads raised 33 5/8 in. (63.3 cm.) high
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