Lot Essay
This bronze depicts a conflation of the Celtic god Balor and Hercules. Balor was notable for his single Evil Eye, which could kill anyone who looked upon it.
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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A ROMANO-CELTIC BRONZE DEITY
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMANO-CELTIC BRONZE DEITY
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Perhaps Balor, the one-eyed deity depicted nude, with a triangular face, the club of Hercules in his lowered right hand, the lionskin hanging over his left arm, held forth with his hand gripping a now-missing attribute, perhaps a bow
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Perhaps Balor, the one-eyed deity depicted nude, with a triangular face, the club of Hercules in his lowered right hand, the lionskin hanging over his left arm, held forth with his hand gripping a now-missing attribute, perhaps a bow
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 1989, lot 256.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
John Kluge Collection.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
John Kluge Collection.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992 (unpublished), no. 90-13.
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