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A Roman marble torso of Asklepios circa 1st century AD | 約公元一世紀 大理石雕阿斯克勒庇俄斯殘像
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July 14, 02:08 AM GMT
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100,000 - 150,000 HKD
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A Roman marble torso of Asklepios
circa 1st century AD
約公元一世紀 大理石雕阿斯克勒庇俄斯殘像
standing with the weight on his right leg and resting his left armpit on a now missing staff, his right arm akimbo, his left arm lowered, and wearing a himation leaving most of the upper body bare
39.5 cm
Found at Ephesus, Turkey, by repute.
Collection of Friedrich Lüring (1876-1941), Frigate Captain of the German Imperial Navy in the Eastern Mediterranean, received as a gift in the early 1900s in gratitude for services rendered, and thence by descent to his great-grandson.
Sotheby's London, 13th June 2016, lot 22.
傳得於土耳其艾菲索斯
東地中海德意志帝國海軍護衛艦艦長 Friedrich Lüring（1876-1941年）收藏，1900年代初因功受賞獲得，此後家族傳承
倫敦蘇富比2016年6月13日，編號22
Collection of Friedrich Lüring (1876-1941), Frigate Captain of the German Imperial Navy in the Eastern Mediterranean, received as a gift in the early 1900s in gratitude for services rendered, and thence by descent to his great-grandson.
Sotheby's London, 13th June 2016, lot 22.
傳得於土耳其艾菲索斯
東地中海德意志帝國海軍護衛艦艦長 Friedrich Lüring（1876-1941年）收藏，1900年代初因功受賞獲得，此後家族傳承
倫敦蘇富比2016年6月13日，編號22
Compare with two statuettes from Epidauros: Nikolaos Kaltsas, Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, 2002, p. 261, nos 544-545.
Asklepios was the son of Apollo and the Trikkaian princess Coronis, as well as the god of medicine. Under the tutelage of the centaur Kheiron, he mastered the art of medicine and gained the power to heal, even to resurrect the dead. This particular gift, however, led to his death as it was against the natural order.
He was often depicted standing and dressed in a himation leaving his chest bare. In the present sculpture, he stands contrapposto with the weight on his right leg, right arm akimbo, and has his left armpit rested on a now missing staff, likely to be a serpent-coiled medical emblem. Without any form of restoration, the torso hints at the sheer original beauty of the marble and the historical significance of the subject.
Asklepios was the son of Apollo and the Trikkaian princess Coronis, as well as the god of medicine. Under the tutelage of the centaur Kheiron, he mastered the art of medicine and gained the power to heal, even to resurrect the dead. This particular gift, however, led to his death as it was against the natural order.
He was often depicted standing and dressed in a himation leaving his chest bare. In the present sculpture, he stands contrapposto with the weight on his right leg, right arm akimbo, and has his left armpit rested on a now missing staff, likely to be a serpent-coiled medical emblem. Without any form of restoration, the torso hints at the sheer original beauty of the marble and the historical significance of the subject.