CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN BRONZE DIOSCUROS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 127.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Art of the Ancient World, vol. X, 1999, no. 47; Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXVIII, 2017, no. 46).
An Important European Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 12 April 2016, lot 7.

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Lot Essay

Either Castor or Pollux is depicted nude, standing with weight on his left leg, the right bent at the knee, with his left arm lowered, the right held out to the side with the attributes now lost. His musculature is finely modeled, with his head turned to his right. Wavy locks emerge from beneath his conical pilos, framing his face and falling along his neck. For a related bronze figure, see no. 92 in A. Hermary, “Dioskouri,” LIMC, vol. III.

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