A Roman Marble Statue of Zeus Enthroned, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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July 6, 01:09 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Roman Marble Statue of Zeus Enthroned
circa 2nd Century A.D.
seated on a high-backed throne with his left foot forward and holding a thunderbolt in his lap with his right hand, his le⛄ft arm formerly raised, and wearing sandals and a chlamys falling from his left shoulder and d𒁃raped over the lower body.
Height 52 cm.
Galerie Le Breton, Rue Paradis, Marseille
private collectio🌠n, southern France, acquired from the above in 1968
Published
Sotheby's, London, July 9th, 2020, no. 28, illus.
For related depictions of the seated Zeus or Jupiter, see LIMC, vol. 8, p. 427f, nos 39-51, pls 269ff.
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