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Roman Silver-Gilt Statuette of Jupiter Roman Silver-Gilt Statuette of Jupiter Roman Silver-Gilt Statuette of Jupiter Roman Silver-Gilt Statuette of Jupiter Roman Silver-Gilt Statuette of Jupiter Roman Silver-Gilt Statuette of Jupiter
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LOT 0101

Roman Silver-Gilt Statuette of Jupiter

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (20.63 grams, 51 mm).

Modelled standing nude with wreath to the luxuriant hair, full beard and in erect pose; staff in the left hand (part absent); thunderbolt in the right hand with looped tendril; hollow to the reverse with mounting peg.

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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. similar statuette in Boucher, S., Recherches sur les Bronzes Figurés de Gaule Pré-Romaine et Romaine, Rome, 1976, item 231.

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LOT 0101

Roman Silver-Gilt Statuette of Jupiter

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,625

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