A ROMAN BRONZE FORTUNA
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
A ROMAN BRONZE FORTUNA CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. Solid cast, the goddess depicted standing, with weight on right leg, the left slighty bent, wearing a himation layered over a short-sleeved chiton, her wavy centrally-parted hair pulled back into a chignon at the nape of her neck, surmounted by a tall modius with criss-cross decoration, supporting a slender filled cornucopia in her left arm, right arm held down by her side to hold a ship's rudder (now missing), a twisted gold hoop with a single green glass bead around her neck, on a raised circular stand, mounted on a later tall columnar stand 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.)
A ROMAN BRONZE FORTUNA
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
A ROMAN BRONZE FORTUNA CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. Solid cast, the goddess depicted standing, with weight on right leg, the left slighty bent, wearing a himation layered over a short-sleeved chiton, her wavy centrally-parted hair pulled back into a chignon at the nape of her neck, surmounted by a tall modius with criss-cross decoration, supporting a slender filled cornucopia in her left arm, right arm held down by her side to hold a ship's rudder (now missing), a twisted gold hoop with a single green glass bead around her neck, on a raised circular stand, mounted on a later tall columnar stand 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.)
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