Dancing dwarf, Ptolemaic Period, 332–150 B.C., From Egypt, Marble, H. 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); W. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); D. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.), The marble dancing dwarf with his fine features is almost certainly from Alexandria. As in so many aspects of Ptolemaic art, the dwarf represents the convergence of different trends. Although in this instance the top of the head, arms and legs are missing, bronze statuettes of dancers and dwarf-dancers often hold castanets, and the origin of the type should probably be associated with the castanet-playing dancers hired for religious or private occasions who are noted in some Ptolemaic papyri
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