Dionysus Bacchus Bronze Applique Phalera Cult of Greek God Circa 1st Century AD with Oxidized Green Patina Museum Reproduction AM0002

Description

Very Detailed, Handcrafted, Bronze Applique of Greco-Roman God Dionysus/ Bacchus crowned with a grapevine headdress. DIONYSOS (Dionysus) was the Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and wild frenzy. He was depicted as either an older, bearded god or an effeminate, long-haired youth. His attributes included the thyrsos (a pine-cone tipped staff), a drinking cup and a crown of ivy. He was usually accompanied by a troop of Satyrs and Mainades (wild female devotees). Made from hot cast bronze (Lost wax method) the item embeds genuine relief and has been aged with oxidized patina.