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LOT 0715
Roman Marble Statue Hand of Jupiter
1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (118 grams total, 74 cm wide including stand).
Left hand, likely from a larger statue of the god Jupiter, modelled gripping a thunderbolt; thumb and forefinger positioned on the top and side, the remaining three digits curled beneath; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
From an important English collection, 1980s.
Private collection, England.
Literature
See The British Museum, museum no.1865,0103.36, for a bronze statue of Jupiter holding thunderbolt in left hand, dated 1st-2nd century A.D.
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