ROMAN BRONZE ITHYPHALLIC GROTESQUE The nude male figure with a misshapen head and obvious ribs in a bent down posture. Both hands are stretched out and carried an object; his colossal phallus towers like an animal tail from the back. Left foot missing. The figure is finely modeled in the tradition of the Hellenistic style of Alexandria. Cf. Mitten, D. G., and Doeringer, S. F., 1967, Cat. Nos. 121, 122, pp. 122-123; Comstock - Vermeule, Boston 1971, Cat. No. 146, p.130 Ex German collection. 2nd-3rd Century AD H. 3 in. (7.8 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 41 GMU11 $8,500 Sales

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