TITLE OF WORK: Dancing dwarf, Ptolemaic period, marble
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, marble
DATE: -300
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 10 height x 4.9 cm width
COMMENTS: Although in this instance the top of the head, arms and legs are missing, bronze statuettes of dancers and dwarf-dancers often hold castanets, and the origin of the type should probably be associated
TITLE OF WORK: She dances gravely with her shoulders and her head with her beautiful arms entagled (Elle danse gravement des épaules et de la tête et de ses beaux bras mélangés)
TITLE OF WORK: Engraved ring with dancing maenad. Gold.
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, engraved ring, gold
DATE: -375
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 1.9 x 1.3 cm
COMMENTS: With her head thrown back in ecstasy, a maenad or female follower of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, dances on the engraved bezel of this gold ring. The maenad's left arm is thrown back over her head
