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| ROMANO-CELTIC BRONZE STANDING DEITY Perhaps Balor as Herakles, the one-eyed deity depicted nude, with a triangular face, the club of Herakles in his lowered right hand, the lionskin hanging over his left arm, held forth with his hand gripping a now-missing attribute, perhaps a bow. This bronze depicts a conflation of the Celtic god Balor and Herakles. Balor was notable for his single Evil Eye, which could kill anyone who looked upon it. Pub: 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Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992 (unpublished), no. 90-13. Ex English collection; John Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1990. 1st Century AD H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2012, no. 46 CNP05 SOLD |
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