Figure of a stallholder

Romano – Egyptian, 2nd century AD

Red brown terracotta.

H 13.6 cm

A figure of an ithyphallic stall holder seated on a flat base, with exaggerated facial features. In front of him is a crater from which he is pouring liquid into a phiale. His long garment is pulled up over his right bent leg, reaching above the knee. He is kneeling on the ground with his left leg. To his left stands a slender amphora on an ornate stand. To his right lies a bunch of dates in front of a large, flat plate with a fluted rim and a rosette in the centre.

Hollow; two-piece mould; vent hole on the plain back. Recomposed from fragments, small area of modern infill on the back, break lines filled and retouched.

Published

Auction sale catalogue PIASA Paris, 26 April 2004, lot 346

Numismatica e Antichità Classiche (NAC) 44, 2015, p. 199 ff, no. 4-6

Provenance

French private collection J.-P. Mariaud de Serres acquired before 1983.

German private collection Professor Dr. P. K. (1941), acquired 2012 on the English art market.

With an export license from the French Ministry of Culture.

Accompanied by an IADAA Interpol search certificate.

Price

€ 3.500

Item

7588

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