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A Neapolitan bronze figure of discobolus, late 19th century
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A Neapolitan bronze figure of discobolus, late 19th century

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A Neapolitan bronze figure of discobolus, late 19th century
After the Antique, with sheet metal fig leaf later applied at the loins, on a rectangular base -- 19 3/8in. (49.3cm.) high
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Lot Essay

This figure is copied from a Roman bronze excavated at Herculaneum in 1754, which in itself, was probably copied from a Greek original. This example was almost definitely produced by the Naples firm of J.Chiurazzi & Fils who specialised in bronze reproductions of objects excavated at Pompeii and Herculaneum. It appears in their catalogue of 1900 as No.7- Discobole.

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