Graeco-Roman Glazed Nude Dancing Figure
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2nd-4th century A.D. A glazed upper body of a dancing female modelled in the half-round, holding one arm behind her head, the other around the front of her nude body; her stylised facial features rendered as large almond-shaped eyes, full-lips, high, fleshy cheeks and voluptuous breasts; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. Cf. Cvjeticanin, T., Late Roman Glazed Pottery, glazed pottery from Moesia Prima, Dacia Ripensis, Dacia Mediterranea and Dardania, Belgrade, 2006, fig.LR GAPP 13, p.98. 28.35 grams total, 61 mm high including stand (2 3/8 in.). Sotheby's 12 August 1978, lot 444 (part). Ex Mohamed Makriya collection. Images of women are often found attached to Roman glazed pottery. This one, probably, was a part of a handle and possibly representing a Nymph, or Venus. Similarities with this representation can be found on fragments from Novae, in Moesia II. [No Reserve]
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