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Lot 93

A Roman bronze figure of Herakles

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman bronze figure of Herakles
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The muscular hero depicted nude, standing with his weight on his right leg, the left relaxed and bent at the knee, his beardless face with curly hair, wearing the lionskin over his head, its paws tied at his chest and the ends rolled over his left arm, holding a cornucopia in his left hand, 10.8cm high

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Provenance:
Property from a Dutch private Collection, The Netherlands, formed in the 1960s-70s.
Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1962, lot 168.

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