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LOT 0618

Roman Bronze Statuette of Zeus

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

2 7/8 in. (53.4 grams, 73 mm).

Standing in a dynamic pose with his right hand raised in the act of hurling a thunderbolt, a garment wrapped around his raised left arm.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

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LOT 0618

Roman Bronze Statuette of Zeus

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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