A moulded terracotta figure of a slave with grotesque facial features, pointed cap and a short tunic. He carries a pouch in his right hand and shoulders an overflowing fruit basket on his left. There is a large recess between his legs, probably for the insertion of an oversized phallus.
 
Romano-Egyptian: 1st century AD.
 
Very Fine; repaired at the knees.
Height 17.7 cms (7 ins)
 
Provenance: ex Gorny & Mosch auction 300, Munich 2023, lot 75; ex collection R. L., Lower Saxony. Acquired from Galerie Puhze, Freiburg, between 2002 and 2010.
 
Supplied with certificate from Galerie Günter Puhze and German export licence 2024.
 
Cf. for example Gods, Tombs & Grotesques - Clay Figures from Everyday Life in Roman Egypt. Exhibition Hamburg (1991) No. 104.