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ROMAN BRONZE SEATED VULCAN (HEPHAISTOS), GOD OF THE FORGE

Wearing a tunic and a conical pilos, holding a Medusa head shield on his knee; upraised right hand once held a hammer.
Depictions of Vulcan in bronze are rare.

Ex M. W. collection, Westport, Connecticut, acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries in 1997.

1st-2nd Century AD

H. 3 in. (7.6 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2006, no. 44.
Art of the Ancient World, 1992, no. 103.

WM0501C
$8,500


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