Figurine
48-2-237
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Turkey (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 48-2-237 |
Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Turkey (uncertain) |
Date Made | 100-299 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Horseman | Rider |
Description | Horseman. Dark brown patina. Left arm broken off above elbow, left leg broken off below knee. Nude youth must have been sitting on a horse. Holds a phiale in his right hand. Hair parted in middle, pulled back behind his ears to a kind of roll in back. Strands of hair and muscleature on chest and abdoman are grooved. Navel is punched dot. |
Height | 7.7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
Other Number | 105 - Collector Number | L-2-26 - Old Loan Number |
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