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THE PROPERTY OF THE MORVEN COLLECTION
A ROMAN BRONZE JUPITER
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE JUPITER
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The god depicted nude, standing with his weight on his left leg, his right relaxed, his left arm akimbo, the fingers spread on his hip, holding his thunderbolt in his lowered right hand, his head angled slightly downward, his long hair combed forward, the wavy tresses surrounding his face and falling to his shoulders, the lidded eyes deep set, the forehead creased, the fleshy lips encircled by his moustache and beard, the individual strands of the hair and beard incised, a tenon preserved below the left foot for attachment
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high excluding tenon
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The god depicted nude, standing with his weight on his left leg, his right relaxed, his left arm akimbo, the fingers spread on his hip, holding his thunderbolt in his lowered right hand, his head angled slightly downward, his long hair combed forward, the wavy tresses surrounding his face and falling to his shoulders, the lidded eyes deep set, the forehead creased, the fleshy lips encircled by his moustache and beard, the individual strands of the hair and beard incised, a tenon preserved below the left foot for attachment
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high excluding tenon
Provenance
with Atlantis Antiquities, New York, 1989 (Ars and Texnh, no. 10).
Anonymous sale; Hesperia Art Auction, Ltd., New York, 27 November 1990, part I, lot 24.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 2, no. 23).
Anonymous sale; Hesperia Art Auction, Ltd., New York, 27 November 1990, part I, lot 24.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 2, no. 23).