31 ROMAN BRONZE NUDE HERMES (MERCURY) WITH BABY DIONYSOS, wearing a laurel wreath on his winged head. In his right hand he holds a caduceus and with his left hand supported by a column, he holds the infant; a cloak is draped from his shoulder over his left forearm. Very rare type in very fine style. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) Ex German collection. 32 ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM: BUST OF A BEARDED NUBIAN, with tiers of curled hair, moustache, and bifurcated beard; the handle is decorated with duck head finials. Probably from Gaul. Cover lacking. Ca. 2nd Century AD. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) Ex Belgian collection, acquired March 1994. First published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. VIII (1995), no. 53. Cf. S. Boucher, Bronzes grecs hellénistiques et étrusques des Musées de Lyon, Lyon, 1970, no. 35, for an extremely similar piece. 33 ROMAN BRONZE SILENUS, depicted standing with his legs apart, the left slightly advanced, wearing an animal-skin kilt knotted in front, the garment splaying, revealing his genitalia; with a corpulent torso, a thick garland around his neck, a wreath of ivy and berries across his bald pate, with a creased forehead, articulated eyes, a pug nose and a full beard and moustache; the separatelymade arms now lost. Ca. 2nd Century AD. H. 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) Ex J.S. collection, Belgium, 1968-1972.
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