Bronze torchbearers from the Cabinet des Médailles

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.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.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.