拍品 113
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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A MURMILLO GLADIATOR
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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A MURMILLO GLADIATOR

MID-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A MURMILLO GLADIATOR
MID-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The figure wearing a crested visored helmet, a short greave on his advanced left leg, and protective strapping (manica) over his right arm, a thick belt worn over his loin-cloth, his left arm raised for attachment of shield, his right hand pierced for dagger attachment
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
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Cf. Exhibition catalogue, A Passion for Antiquities: Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1994, p. 288, no. 149 for a close parallel.

The murmillo appears to have derived his name from a Greek term for a fish due to the resemblence of his crested helmet to a fish tail.