Lot Essay
For another bronze statuette with similar treatment of the face including inlaid silver eyes, see no. 127 in F. Canciani, "Zeus" in LIMC, vol. VIII.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A ROMAN BRONZE JUPITER
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE JUPITER
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Standing with his left leg bent, his well-defined muscular torso nude, a mantle draped over his left shoulder and wrapped around his lower body, gathered and rolled across his hips, pulled tightly, and draping over his extended left forearm, the hand clenched around a now-missing object, likely his scepter, his head turned sharply to his right and gazing downward, his face with almond-shaped eyes inlaid with silver and a full undulating mustache and beard, a wreath in his thick wavy hair
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Standing with his left leg bent, his well-defined muscular torso nude, a mantle draped over his left shoulder and wrapped around his lower body, gathered and rolled across his hips, pulled tightly, and draping over his extended left forearm, the hand clenched around a now-missing object, likely his scepter, his head turned sharply to his right and gazing downward, his face with almond-shaped eyes inlaid with silver and a full undulating mustache and beard, a wreath in his thick wavy hair
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 23 June 1989, lot 175.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1998, lot 143.
Private Collection, Tokyo, 2008.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1998, lot 143.
Private Collection, Tokyo, 2008.
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