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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE MINERVA
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess wearing her aegis over a long pleated peplos, her sandaled toes emerging from below the hem, the right foot slightly behind and to her right, the knee bent, her right arm raised to hold her now-missing spear, her crested Corinthian helmet worn high on her head, joined to a high socle plinth
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess wearing her aegis over a long pleated peplos, her sandaled toes emerging from below the hem, the right foot slightly behind and to her right, the knee bent, her right arm raised to hold her now-missing spear, her crested Corinthian helmet worn high on her head, joined to a high socle plinth
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Europe, acquired in the 1990s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 9 December 2005, lot 312.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 9 December 2005, lot 312.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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