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HELLENISTIC BRONZE NUDE POSEIDON (NEPTUNE)

His right leg raised upon a rocky outcrop, his left arm raised to hold a staff or trident. Based on the Isthmian Poseidon by Lysippos.
Cf. Mitten/Doeringer, Master Bronzes, no 128, pl 129.
For an near identical sculpture in the Musée du Vieux-Vevey, see: A. Leibundgut, Der römischen Bronzen der Schweiz, vol. III, p. 18, no. 9, pl. 14.

2nd-1st Century BC

H. 4 5/8 in. (11.3 cm.)

Gods & Mortals I, no. 8
Art of the Ancient World, 2001, no. 47

BJS01
$38,500


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