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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE AESCULAPIUS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The healing god standing with his weight on his left leg, his right relaxed and bent at the knee, wearing a mantle over his left shoulder and around his waist, his left arm akimbo, clutching the folds in his hand, his bare right arm angled down and likely once resting on his snake-entwined staff, his son Telesphorus standing to his left, wearing a mantle and a Phrygian cap
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The healing god standing with his weight on his left leg, his right relaxed and bent at the knee, wearing a mantle over his left shoulder and around his waist, his left arm akimbo, clutching the folds in his hand, his bare right arm angled down and likely once resting on his snake-entwined staff, his son Telesphorus standing to his left, wearing a mantle and a Phrygian cap
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high
Provenance
New York Art Market, circa 1997.