Lot 11
  • 11

An Etruscan Bronze Figure of Pan, circa early 5th Century B.C.

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • An Etruscan Bronze Figure of Pan
  • Bronze
  • Length 2 5/8 in. 7.2 cm.
Probably from the rim of a vessel, reclining with his left forearm resting on a wineskin and his right hand below his knee, the finely modeled face with striated beard, long moustache, full parted lips, striated hair falling down the back, large eyes, and long pointed ears.

Provenance

Mathias Komor, New York [G.353], October 23rd, 1982

Condition

Very good, tip of nose abraded.
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Catalogue Note

Cf. O.W. Muscarella, ed., Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1974, no. 88.