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Greek Terracotta DionysosAn ancient Greek terracotta statuette of the youthful god Dionysos standing in a contraposto pose, draped in a long himation, a garland in his hair. Ca. 2nd - 1st century BC. The Greek deity Dionysos was associated with wine and vegetation, and by extension fertility. The god was popular in Rome under the name Bacchus or Liber Pater. The orgiastic rites of his retinue, Satyrs and Maenads, are often depicted in Classical art. Confer for similar fragments: L. Burn & R. Higgins, Catalogue of Greek Terracottas in the British Museum, Vol. III, (London, 2001), nos. 2351-2355. Formerly with Phocian Jean Tano (nephew of Nicholas Tano, Cairo antiquities dealer, d. 1924), by descent to an English private collection, 1970's. Inv#: 4304 $4,000 |
