Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
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A Roman Marble Figure of Zeus, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 5, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
seated on a throne with turned legs and holding the thunderbolt in his lap in his left hand, the right arm formerly raised, and wearing sandals and himation draped over his left shoulder and around his lower body.
Height 33 cm.
private collection, Geneva, acquired in the late 1940s/early 1950s
Genève Enchères, Geneva, December 10th, 2015, no. 752, illus.
Galerie Chenel, Paris, acquired at the above sale (Sotheby's, London, December 17th, 2020, no. 65, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
For related figures of seated Zeus see LIMC, vol. 8, p. 427f., nos. 39-51, pls. 269ff., also see http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/16745.
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