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123 - TÊTE GROTTESQUE EN BRONZE
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TÊTE GROTTESQUE EN BRONZE Art hellénistique, vers le Ier siècle av. J.-C. Tête masculine grimaçante, coiffée d'un haut bonnet à décor de volutes gravés, le nez en forme de phallus, la langue tirée, les yeux écarquillés et les traits marqués. Une petite perforation au revers pour la fixation. L'objet est complet et devait probablement revêtir une fonction apotropaïque. Haut.: 5,7 cm Provenance : Ancienne collection particulière américaine, Floride, acquis vers 1980 Collection particulière française Charles Ede Limited, Londres Collection Christian Levett, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquis en 2010 Expositions : Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, juin 2011-août 2023 (Inv. n° MMoCA571) Caesar & Kleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Allemagne, 13 avril - 26 octobre 2025 Bibliographie : J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes" dans M. Merrony (ed.), Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, France, 2011, p. 140, fig. 35 A Hellenistic bronze ithyphallic head of a grotesque, Circa 1st century B.C.
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