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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