Lot Essay
Items one and four: ink labels with handwritten inventory numbers on base.
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF MERCURY
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Standing with weight on right leg, his right arm outstretched before him, nude but for a mantle tied around his neck and draped over his left arm, wearing a winged petasos, mounted, 4.5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high; an Etruscan bronze standing male figure, wearing himation across his body, with hand on his hip, circa 4th Century B.C., 3 in. (8.3 cm.) high; a Roman bronze standing figure of winged Eros, his right arm raised, with upward gaze, mounted, 1st-2nd Century A.D., 2 in. (7 cm.) high; a bronze figure of Herakles(?), holding club in outstretched right arm, mounted, 4.1/8 in. (10.6 cm.) high; and an Etruscan style kouros figure, nude, with arms by his sides, 4 in. (10.8 cm.) high, both after the antique (5)
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Standing with weight on right leg, his right arm outstretched before him, nude but for a mantle tied around his neck and draped over his left arm, wearing a winged petasos, mounted, 4.5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high; an Etruscan bronze standing male figure, wearing himation across his body, with hand on his hip, circa 4th Century B.C., 3 in. (8.3 cm.) high; a Roman bronze standing figure of winged Eros, his right arm raised, with upward gaze, mounted, 1st-2nd Century A.D., 2 in. (7 cm.) high; a bronze figure of Herakles(?), holding club in outstretched right arm, mounted, 4.1/8 in. (10.6 cm.) high; and an Etruscan style kouros figure, nude, with arms by his sides, 4 in. (10.8 cm.) high, both after the antique (5)
Provenance
Item two: collection label on base reads "W. Burchard, 2129".