Dionysus and his horse - Greek bas-relief in white Carrara marble

Dionysus and his horse - Greek bas-relief in white Carrara marble

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Beautiful Greek bas-relief from the classical era. Copy of an ornamental Metope from an unidentified Temple. In this bas-relief the figure of the god is assimilated to an indolent and androgynous young man, shown in the classic state of heroic nakedness.
The god holds the sacred thyrsus with his right arm, a ritual staff attributed to the Greek god Dionysus and the followers of his cult. The thyrsus had a dogwood handle and was surmounted by a pine cone.
In the background, behind the god, a Greek horse with the classic mane is held in a halter.

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Height 23.62 in 60 cm
Width 27.56 in 70 cm
Thickness 1.97 in 5 cm
Weight 48.5 lbs 22 Kg
Historical period IV C. before C.
Manufacturing Recuperando srl
Material White Carrar marble

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The ancient original was fractured into three large pieces and a small one at the top left was lost. We reproduced this bas-relief by simulating the same fracture, but it is a sculptural trick, our artefact is perfectly intact.
The process required 14 days of work from cutting the marble to the end of the work.

Thyrsus
The sacred thyrsus was a ritual staff attributed to the Greek god Dionysus and the followers of his cult, satyrs and maenads. Of various wood, but more often of dogwood or made of a large ferula rod, it was surmounted by a pine cone and ivy and vine leaves were wrapped around it. Sometimes woolen bandages were also tied there, a symbol of consecration. The symbolism linked to this instrument is clearly phallic, especially since for example in Euripides' The Bacchae it is stated that honey flowed from it; it therefore represents the life force of the god which is instilled in vegetation, animals and men.
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