A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE OSCILLUM, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D. | A Fragmentary Roman Marble Oscillum

carved on one side in low relief with a maenad moving to right and holding a tympanon, the folds of her garment bellowing at her side, and on the reverse in high relief with the remains of a winged gorgoneion; no restorations.

private collection, early 20th Century (based on variegated green marble socle)
private collection, Estrablin, France, by descent (Sadde, Dijon, March 12th, 2018, no. 19, illus.)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner

As shown and described. Surface worn on both sides, and with minor chips and abrasions. Maenad side: carved in low relief, surface chipped and repolished, more abraded on face. Reverse in worse condition, with facial features of gorgoneion very abraded.
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A similar female figure appears on an oscillum from Ostia: A. Bacchetta, Oscilla, 2006, p. 437, no. T90, pl. 13,3.