61 ROMAN BRONZE DEEP BUST OF A PANISKOS, a young version of Pan, the god of fertility and sexual power, with long curly hair, a top knot, and wearing a faun skin across his body. In his left arm he holds a lagobolan, a throwing club for hunting, and in his right hand he holds a garland. 2nd Century AD. H. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) Ex collection of Dr. A. L. Austria, acquired at the Dorotheum, Vienna, June 6, 2000. Probably from a lectica, a type of portable bed. The lectica became an increasingly popular mode of transportation for the wealthy classes during the late Republic, becoming more elaborate during the Empire. 62 ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM IN THE FORM OF A BLACK LANTERNARIUS or lantern-bearer, seated in a pensive attitude on a high molded base with his right hand on his knee and his left hand against his chin, his garment draped around his lower body, a lantern by his left foot, a fragmentary loop on each shoulder for the attachment of the now missing handle. Ca. 2nd Century AD. H. 4 5/16 in. (10 cm.) Ex collection of Susette Khayat, New York; Dr. Robert Waelder (1900-1967). Lanternarius balsamaria with negroid features are scarce; for an example in the Bibliothèque Nationale, see E. Babelon and A. Blanchet, Catalogue des bronzes antiques de la bibliothèque nationale, Paris, 1895, p. 442, no. 1014.
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