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LATE HELLENISTIC BRONZE CUPID AND PSYCHE EMBRACING IN A BOAT The pair reclining on pillows and partially enveloped in a mantle, Psyche with her torso bare, her head thrown back, her arms around Cupid’s neck, Cupid with his wings outstretched; the boat’s prow in the form of a swan’s head, the rippling waves of the sea teeming with fish. Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, 13 December 1969, lot 148. The subject is unique in bronze and is better paralleled in Pompeiian painting or in so-called Campana and other terracotta architectural plaques. Ex John Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1st Century BC/AD L. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) Gods & Mortals I, no. 38 BJS02 SOLD |
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