Roman Comic Figure of a Dancer
1st century B.C. A Roman Alexandrian bronze figure of a male comic dancer, a grotesque figure in an active pose with both legs bent and left arm raised dramatically, head tilted to the left; exaggerated facial features, short trimmed hair, slim body with developed pectoral muscles and pronounced kyphosis (hunched back); mounted on a columnar stand. See Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 12.229.6 for a similar grotesque figure; Trentin, L. The Hunchback in Hellenistic and Roman Art, London, 2015. 299 grams,14.5 cm high including stand (5 3/4 in.). Belgian private art collection of M.A., Brussels, Belgium, 1995. with Gorny and Mosch, 14 December 2011, lot 82. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.114489-195979. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]