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LOT 0068

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080

HELLENISTIC BRONZE STATUETTE OF ZEUS
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (4 1/2 in.) (142 grams, 10.3 cm (200 grams total, 11.6 cm including stand)).

Standing nude with a wreath to his hair, segmented beard, right hand holding a thunderbolt; mounted on a custom-made stand.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of Mr. F.U., Bavaria, acquired prior to 2000.
with Gorny & Mosch, 17 June 2015, no.303.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12380-226601.

LITERATURE:
Cf. similar in the Cabinet Des Medailles, published in Rolley, C.I., Monumenta Graeca et Romana; volume V : Les arts mineurs grecs; fascicule 1: Les Bronzes, Paris, 1967, pl.30; Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, XVIII supplément à ‘Gallia’, Paris, 1965, no.15.

CONDITION