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Roman bronze mount: bust of the young Dionysos Roman bronze mount: bust of the young Dionysos
ROMAN BRONZE MOUNT: BUST OF THE YOUNG DIONYSOS

With elaborate coiffure including grape clusters; his eyes recessed for inlay. He rests atop an architectural element, wrapped with a goat skin tied over his left shoulder.

3rd Century AD

H. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm.)

Ex collection of B.H.S., a retired military officer, St. Petersburg, Florida, formed in the 1950s-early 1970s.

Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 2011, no. 52.

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$12,500


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