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Magnificent Statue of Roman Goddess Fortuna Luck & Fate browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000: item # 371636
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| Magnificent Ancient Bronze Statue of the Roman Goddess Fortuna, personification of Luck & Fate 100 AD. FORTVNA was the personification of luck and fate to Ancient Romans and was accorded cult status as a minor diety by some Romans. The emperors often used Fortuna on coins to imply that they served as the intermiediary between fate and the empire. Fortuna is normally represented with the cornucopiae (horn of plenty) and rudder (implying steering). This magnificent piece depicts Fortvna wearing the headdress of the Egyptian Goddess "Isis" goddess of the underworld. Isis, wife of Osiris, who represented birth and death of the year. As a paradigm for the life, death and regeneration of man. A cult of Isis was the most popular of the mystery religions (except eventually christianity) among the educated strata of urban Rome and Italy. (Ref: D, Van Meter 2002) This is a magnificent statue of Fortuna wearing the headdress of Isis holding a rudder in her left hand (fraction of top missing) and a cornucopiae in her left on an integrated plinth base. 1st century AD. 95mm Tall, intact and superb condition. | ||||||||
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