A GREEK BRONZE GROTESQUE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
A GREEK BRONZE GROTESQUE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C. The exaggerated nude hunchback leaning forward, his emaciated body with the right leg crossing over the left, his genitalia swinging out behind, his ribs individually depicted and peaked at the center of his back and chest, wearing a thick garland around his neck, tied at the nape, his neck curved sharply to his right, with a pointed chin, hooked nose and heavy brows, his close-cropped hair indicated by short incisions, a single lock at the back of the head, adorned with a thin knobbed diadem, a drill hole for insertion of a now-missing additional attribute 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long
A GREEK BRONZE GROTESQUE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
A GREEK BRONZE GROTESQUE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C. The exaggerated nude hunchback leaning forward, his emaciated body with the right leg crossing over the left, his genitalia swinging out behind, his ribs individually depicted and peaked at the center of his back and chest, wearing a thick garland around his neck, tied at the nape, his neck curved sharply to his right, with a pointed chin, hooked nose and heavy brows, his close-cropped hair indicated by short incisions, a single lock at the back of the head, adorned with a thin knobbed diadem, a drill hole for insertion of a now-missing additional attribute 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long
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