Lot 22
  • 22

A Bronze Figure of Zeus or Poseidon, late Hellenistic/Early Roman Imperial, circa 1st Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

Estimate
60,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • A Bronze Figure of Zeus or Poseidon
  • Bronze
  • Height 8 1/2 in. 21.6 cm.
Inspired by a Greek sculpture of the 4th Century B.C., standing in a majestic pose with his weight on the right leg, his head turned upward and to the left, his left hand raised high and formerly grasping a trident or staff, a patera in his right hand, his unruly hair and beard cascading down in wavy locks and surmounted by a diadem.

Provenance

Mathias Komor, New York [H.914]
Mathilda "Tillie" Goldman, The Sherry Netherland, New York, 1967
Phyllis A. Goldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York, December 1980

Exhibited

Fifth Anniversary Loan Show, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, June 10th - October 20th, 1970

Condition

Proper right leg repaired below knee, separately- cast proper left arm might have been reattached in modern times, surface somewhat worn.
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