CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HERCLE
CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (18 cm.) high

Provenance

with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano.
Mrs. H. S. collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1967.

Exhibited

On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1969-1974.

Special notice

These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

Brought to you by

Beatrice Campi

bcampi@christies.com +44 (0)20 3219 6159

Lot Essay

For a similar bronze of a youthful Herakles in a resting stance from Poggio Castiglione now in the Museo Archeologico di Firenze, inv. no. 5, cf. M. Cristofani, I Bronzi degli Etruschi, Novara, 1985, p. 238, no. 98.

More from Antiquities

View All