Hixenbaugh Ancient Art
Roman Marble Oscillum
description
An ancient Roman marble oscillum, a disc suspended from a colonnade, carved in low relief with an ecstatic dancing maenad in billowing drapery holding a thrysos on one side; a male figure with lantern and exaggerated phallus and purse next to an amphora on the other.
An oscillum is a double sided marble disc ornament typically suspended from the architrave of a building as decoration.
An oscillum is a double sided marble disc ornament typically suspended from the architrave of a building as decoration.