Bronze Reclining Banqueter

Greek

British Museum

530-500 BC

Small bronze statuette of a banqueteer, lying on a couch with a drinking bowl in his hand. Style is Peloponnesian, maybe Corinthian. Found at Dodona, the sanctuary of Zeus. Grey-green patina with some minor abrasions.

• Medium: bronze
• Dimensions: 10 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2000 ( Total: £7,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1954
• Vendor: J O Matossian

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