Lot
177
A ROMAN MARBLE RIVER GOD
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Price realised
USD 11,250
Estimate
USD 12,000 - USD 18,000
A ROMAN MARBLE RIVER GOD
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Reclining to his left, his right leg bent at the knee and crossing his left, wearing a mantle wrapped tightly around his legs, exposing his feet and leaving his torso bare, leaning on a jar from which issues forth water, depicted undulating below, his left hand on the rim, his right arm extending along his side, an attribute in his hand, depicted with a full head of hair and a beard composed of wild wavy locks
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long
Provenance
French Private Collection, Paris, 1980.