Female figure holding a patera and a box, bronze, Roman or Etruscan, 1st C B.C.

Museum number

C868

Object

Female figure holding a patera and a box, bronze, Roman or Etruscan, 1st C B.C.

Description

A small bronze statuette of a female votive figure in classical dress standing on a square base with canted corners, feet slightly apart, her left arm outstretched, holding in her right hand a patera, her left arm lowered and slightly outstretched, her left hand holding a small covered container or incense box, her hair braided around her head, mounted on a three-coloured square marble base.Roman or Etruscan , 1st century BCIdentified by Haynes, B.M.

Materials

Bronze

Inscription

None

On display?

No

Further description

Simple name

Sculpture

Subject

Figure

Dimensions

regular: 6.5cm (h) x 6.5cm (l) x 16.0cm (w)