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Dwarf
Roman
Early Imperial Period
about 20 B.C.–A.D. 30
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession NumberRES.08.32e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 146; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 121 (additional published references).
DescriptionHe wears a rolled fillet with a floral device above his forehead and appears to be battling with his monstrous seven-headed phallos. Surface badly corroded.
ProvenanceBy 1907: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Italy, 1907); 1908: gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA; accessioned 1910