ROMAN TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF BACCHUS
Ca. 1-100 AD. A terracotta statuette of a standing Bacchus (Greek Dionysus). He is depicted naked, standing atop an architectural plinth with a draped cloak hanging over his right arm. His head is adorned with a vine wreath. Bacchus is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking, and wine, fertility, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre in ancient religion and myth. Cf. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Accession number 87.392. Size: L:190mm / W:58mm ; 195g Provenance: From the HDB Collection, Baden-Württemberg, acquired until 1979.

Estimate: GBP 200 - 400