Squatting Male Figure with Hands on Hips
Squatting Male Figure with Hands on Hips
Place of OriginGreece
Dateabout 1st century CE
DimensionsL: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); W: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); H: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Weight: 19.06 grams
MediumBronze.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family
Object number
2006.101
Not on View
DescriptionA small, solid-cast bronze figurine depicting a nude male dwarf in a deep squatting position. The figure's feet are flat, supporting the weight, while the knees are drawn up sharply. The torso is compact, with both hands resting firmly on the hips. The head is large in proportion to the body, with a prominent brow and a neck that is bent forward and down, possibly indicating kyphosis or concealing a suspension loop. The surface exhibits a green patina with areas of red cuprite deposits on the back and face.
Label TextThis small bronze figure depicts a squatting dwarf with his hands resting on his hips. In the ancient world, physical differences were often viewed with a mixture of curiosity and superstition.
18th–19th Dynasties (1550–1189 BCE)
1st-2nd century CE
Early 1st millennium BCE
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE), about 200–50 BCE
Ancient body (Ptolemaic Period, 3rd–1st century BCE), modern head and legs
Before 1880
2nd century CE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1390 BCE
Shunga Dynasty (185-75 BCE)
Chola Dynasty (850-1310), about 950
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