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LOT 0062
Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Hercle
CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (4 in.) (87 grams total, 77 mm (10.2 cm high including stand)).
Modelled in the round figure of Hercle (Roman Hercules, Greek Herakles) standing nude with the lionskin mantle draped over his extended left forearm, the right arm bent and fist raised (originally holding a club); the hair cut short and radiating from the crown of the head, lentoid eyes flanking a snub nose; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
From the estate of Eldert Bontekoe (1954-2020).
Ex Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired before 2000.
with Artemis Gallery, Colorado, USA, 26 December 2020, no.8.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.38.
Accompanied by an original Artemis Gallery certificate of authenticity dated 27 January 2021.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Literature
Cf. Adam, A.M., Bronzes étrusques et italiques, Paris, 1984, p.190, nos.291-292; cf. also The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 96.9.297.
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