Unknown - Artwork 994

A head-shaped bronze or bronze-painted form supports a shallow, disc-like plate above its brow; the face is modeled with simplified features and a textured, hammered surface that catches warm highlights. The plate on top is ornamented with a fine engraved border, while the body shows evidence of deliberate tool marks and a metallic finish that evokes antiquity. The object reads as a ritual or votive figure, its stylization and metallic sheen giving it an archetypal presence that feels both human and symbolic.

Close viewing reveals the maker’s hand in the irregularities of the modeling and the layered patina that unifies figure and platter into a single, evocative object.