Bronze furniture attachment

Unknown

1st century CE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

These two bronze mules’ heads (grouped with separable object 27.253.1) were originally part of the fulcra (headrests) of a Roman couch. The mule is associated with Dionysus, the god of wine and feasting. One of the heads is decorated with an ivy garland, and the other has an animal (panther?) skin around his neck; both are Dionysiac attributes. Gift of John Marshall, 1927 (27.160.79)

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1923