A ROMAN BRONZE HERCULES BIBAX

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN BRONZE HERCULES BIBAX
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
The nude figure standing with weight on right foot, lionskin over left shoulder, knopped club in left hand, extending right hand possibly once holding kantharos, diadem in wavy hair, mounted
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Lord McAlpine collection, England, 1980s.
With Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, USA, 1989.
The John W. Kluge Morven Collection, Christie's, New York, USA, 16 December 2005, lot 432.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED
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, no. 88-94.

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