Statuette of Nike
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Los Angeles, Vereinigte Staaten
SaalGetty Villa, Gallery 109, The Greeks in Southern Italy and Sicily
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The figure of Nike serves as the stand of an incense burner (thymiaterion).The left leg is extended forward and the right arm is raised, with the palm of the hand, which has notably elongated fingers, turned toward the viewer. The left arm, which is slightly bent, extends down parallel to the body; the left hand gathers the paryphe (woven border) of the chiton. The figure’s long, clinging chiton has sleeves fastened at the elbow with circular clasps; it ruffles across the torso in small, delicate folds. Above the chiton, crosswise, lies a red himation, which falls between the breasts and drapes down the right side in a long strip; part of it is now lost. A good portion of the drapery covers the right half of the torso and, owing to the raised arm, falls in a curve; a strip of dark blue adorns the hem of the chiton and runs sideways across the torso.
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The folds of the chiton, in the lower half of the body, are indicated by means of fine radial incisions that converge toward the clutching hand. Nike's hairstyle consists of four rows of small globular curls, arranged in an arc across the forehead (a fine clay border sticks out from the first row of ringlets); they fall on either side of the neck in two compact masses. Set atop the head is a stephane with a semicircular border, which accords perfectly with the regular oval of the face and the curving line of the hairstyle. The gently smiling face is broad; the cheekbones are emphasized, the chin is full and slightly jutting; the mouth is broad and well designed with fleshy lips; the nose is wide at the base, with a flat dorsal ridge.
The eyes are almond-shaped, without any indication of iris; they are elongated, and the superciliary arches, regular and highlighted in relief, merge directly with the root of the nose. The broad sickle-shaped wings are inserted directly into the back. They rise over the figure on each side, and the various layers of feathers, arranged in a fan shape, were chromatically punctuated by red pigment against a black background; these colors are now largely lost. The back of the statue is sketchily modeled, with an indication of buttocks, but it too must originally have been painted, as shown by the traces of pigment on wings and buttocks. Supported by the female figure, the thymiaterion rests on a short, tubular base atop the stephane. It is composed of a low bowl, turned on a potter’s wheel, with a vertical lip.
It is covered with a tall, bell-shaped lid (86.AD.681.b) that is perforated with a line of seven lozenge-shaped openings; above these are four smaller circular openings. A hand-modeled dove with a fan-shaped tail and spread wings forms the handle of the lid. The statuette was made from two molds, one for the body and one for the head, while the wings, the arms, and a number of other details, such as the band around the torso and the hems of the himation and the drapery, were applied before firing. The folds of the chiton and the himation were also applied into the fresh clay. The work of defining the details of the figure was done by hand and with the use of an instrument. The figure was reassembled from thirteen fragments. The thumb on the right hand, the left hand, the hem of the himation on the figure’s right side, and part of the base are all missing. (Adapted after Ferruzza 2016)
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- Inventarnummer
- 86.AD.681.a
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