Roman Bronze Votive Arm 100-300 A.D. french suggesting the piece was originally

suggesting the piece was originally fixed to a curved architectural element such as an altar column or frame within a larger Baroque structure

adding both texture and sophistication

In Celtic Britain and further afield many shrines were set at the source of a river

the fragment has been sympathetically set into a stone-composite backing and finished with a marble demi-lune top

Traces of the original gesso remain within the recesses

Roman Bronze Votive Arm 100-300 A.D. french suggesting the piece was originallyA miniature bronze Roman Votive arm 100 300 A. D. Votive offerings were gifted to the gods often in shrines and temples, but also within the Lararium shrine within the Roman home. They were given as a plea: and in hope of healing; as a cure; or as a thanks; and were made in the anatomical shape of the afflicted body part. Here we see an arm made from bronze. They are part of a group known as anatomical votives, often created from terracotta, stone and