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Bronze torchbearers from the Cabinet des Médailles

Pair of bronze torchbearer statuettes in Oriental dress from the Cabinet des Médailles, originally belonging to the same sculptural group.
Two bronze tauroctony statuettes from Paris.

Two bronze tauroctony statuettes from Paris.
CIMRM

 
The New Mithraeum
29 May 2026

TNMM 2581 ↔ CIMRM 2368

Two small bronze statues (H. 0.188 and 0.194). Paris, Cabinet des Médailles. I am grateful to Dr. Jean Babelon for supplying me with the photographs.

Standing torchbearers in Oriental dress, who rest their r. arms in their l. hands. Each probably held a torch in the r.h. Both statuettes belong to a same group; at their backs there are attachments.

References

Clarac, Mus. Sculpt., IV, 369 and Pl. 560A No. 1189 A/B; Duruy, Hist. Rom., VII, 48; Chabouillet, Cat. gén., 493 No. 2950/51; E. Babelon-Blanchet, Cat. Bronzes, 284f Nos 665–666; MMM II 408 No. 286 and figs. 335–336. See fig. 662.

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