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MM 1995:029 :: Figurine

Object description: Male figure, standing with one foot slightly in front of the other; upper body leaning backwards; right arm is lifted, with the hand angled towards the head, touching the forehead, in adoration posture; left arm is held straight, against the body; features and muscles of arms, chest and legs are finely modelled; the curly hair falls down on his back down to the waist; a plastic curl at the back of the head; he wears a long loin-cloth that is fastened at the waist with a girdle; under the feet are two small, connected, rectangular plates functioning as a base; underneath this a long peg allowing the figurine to be fastened.

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MM 1995:029

Material, Swedish

Brons

Acquisition

Purchased from Bruce McAlpine, Ancient Art, London with a grant from The Friends of the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities. Previously part of two private collections (Germany, United States).

Description

Male figure, standing with one foot slightly in front of the other; upper body leaning backwards; right arm is lifted, with the hand angled towards the head, touching the forehead, in adoration posture; left arm is held straight, against the body; features and muscles of arms, chest and legs are finely modelled; the curly hair falls down on his back down to the waist; a plastic curl at the back of the head; he wears a long loin-cloth that is fastened at the waist with a girdle; under the feet are two small, connected, rectangular plates functioning as a base; underneath this a long peg allowing the figurine to be fastened.

Period

MM III - LM I (c.1650-1550 B.C.).

Name - Photographer

Medelhavsmuseet 2009

Description: Medelhavsmuseet 2009 represents pictures taken in 2009 by Ove Kaneberg, Karl Zetterström or Tony Sandin. In 2008 a new strategy of photographing objects started and this continued in 2009.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Study Gallery - Showcase 14:01.

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MM 1995;029.jpg

Publications

M.-L. Winbladh, ‘Mannen från Kreta’, Statens historiska museers årskrönika 1995, 50. E. Weiberg, B.A. thesis, Department of Ancient Culture and Society, University of Stockholm.

MM 1995:029

H 9.6. W 3.3.

Good. Greenish patina.

Original register

GreekRoman

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MM 1995:029 :: Figurine

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