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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN W. KLUGE
SOLD TO BENEFIT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
A ROMAN MARBLE RIVER GOD
CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE RIVER GOD
CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Reclining to his left, his torso nude, a mantle draped over his hips and legs and gathered under his left arm, his right arm resting along his side, his left arm atop a jar that is on its side with water issuing forth, rippling along the edge of the plinth, a bird beside his foot with a snake in its beak
43 in. (109.2 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Reclining to his left, his torso nude, a mantle draped over his hips and legs and gathered under his left arm, his right arm resting along his side, his left arm atop a jar that is on its side with water issuing forth, rippling along the edge of the plinth, a bird beside his foot with a snake in its beak
43 in. (109.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Malcolm Delacorte, Cornwall, New York.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 2, no. 163).
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 2, no. 163).
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