In bronze, first half of the first cenbtury BC, now in Vienna. Probably Egyptian manufacture.
The chap has "patterns", wooden platforms, on his feet to raise him off the floor. Are we looking at a worker in the baths who needs to be raised above the hot floor, or somebody raising himself above the detritus of the street?
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John
John Conyard
York
A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
Looks similar to the wooden "shoes" they had replicas of in the Roman baths a Caerleon. Didn't take a photo though, sorry.
Moi Watson
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
Quote:What chances are there that the base of the statuette is not the original?
I am with Giannis on this. It looks like those were pegs to secure the figurine to its original base, which was since been replaced. I wouldn't be surprised if this figurine has been modified or restored, like many very well preserved bronzes lacking a provenance.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
Well they are very similar to Roman wooden "patterns" used to protect the feet against a hot floor in a bath house. But a water carrier, especially one carrying such a large container, may seem a little out of place in a bath house depending how steam was generated.
I am sure the base is not original, but the "patterns" are primarily acting as pegs.
John Conyard
York
A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
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