Object Description
A very fine Ancient Roman bronze statuette depicting the goddess Isis-Fortuna. The figure is rendered highly naturalistically and depicted contrapposto, with her weight on her left leg and her right bent gently at the knee. In her left arm, she bears a cornucopia, a symbol of abundance typical for Fortuna. Her right arm, now unfortunately missing, likely would have reached downwards to steady a rudder, a common iconography of Fortuna associated with lawmaking and fate. The drapery is skilfully crafted, falling intricately yet fluidly across the figure. Her stola is depicted slipping from the right shoulder and fastened at the waist resembling the Isis knot. A palla, attached at the left shoulder, drapes around the back and folds over the left arm. The hair is styled in a chignon and adorned with a crescent diadem, perhaps evoking Isis’ lunar characteristics. A trumpet-shaped terminal features atop the head. The surface features a lovely patination.
This piece is fixed to a custom-made stand.
NB: Measurements include the stand. Statuette height alone is circa 12.3cm.
Date: Circa 1st-3rd Century AD