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LOT 0189

Roman Bronze Statue of Mercury

1ST CENTURY A.D.

5 5/8 in. (298 grams total, 14.3 cm including stand).

A youthful and muscular figure of the god Mercury (Greek Hermes) standing nude with his weight resting on his right leg, left leg slightly bent and the heel raised; his hair dressed in short curls, wearing a winged petasos, and a cloak wrapped over his shoulder and left arm, naturalistic anatomical detailing; mounted on a custom-made display base.

Provenance

Swiss private collection, 1970.
Private collection, Zurich, Switzerland.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12685-236368.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Reinach, S., Repertoire de la statuarie grecque et romaine, Paris, 1930, p.151, no.10, for the type; Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 27ff., for comparable examples; Menzel, H., Die Römischen Bronzen aus Deutschland I Speyer, Mainz, 1960, no.8; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 06.1057, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0189

Roman Bronze Statue of Mercury

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

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