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123 - GROTESQUE BRONZE HEAD
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GROTESQUE BRONZE HEAD Hellenistic art, circa the 1st century B.C. A grimacing male head, wearing a tall cap decorated with engraved scrolls; the nose is phallic in shape, the tongue is sticking out, the eyes are wide open, and the features are sharply defined. There is a small perforation on the back for mounting. The object is complete and likely served an apotropaic function. Height: 5.7 cm Provenance: Former American private collection, Florida; acquired circa 1980 French private collection Charles Ede Limited, London Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2010 Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA571) Caesar & Kleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, April 13–October 26, 2025 Bibliography: J. Spier, “Roman Bronzes” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 140, fig. 35 A Hellenistic bronze ithyphallic head of a grotesque figure, circa 1st century B.C.
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