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