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The style recalls the frieze of the Great Altar of Pergamon. See for example the Triton on the left projection of the West Frieze.
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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF A TRITON
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With bulging muscles, dramatically twisting to the left, the left arm up-raised, the right arm angled down, the knobby legs with a row of raised arched scales at the thighs, his weight on his right leg, his left leg bent at the knee, 20 1/2in. (52.1cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With bulging muscles, dramatically twisting to the left, the left arm up-raised, the right arm angled down, the knobby legs with a row of raised arched scales at the thighs, his weight on his right leg, his left leg bent at the knee, 20 1/2in. (52.1cm.) high