ID 1250853
Lot 29 | A GREEK BRONZE HERAKLES
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, London.
Antiquities; Christie's, London, 11 July 1973, lot 199.
Acquired by the family of the present owner from the above.
Literature
Royal Ontario Museum, The Search for Alexander. Supplement to the Catalogue, Toronto, 1983, p. 12, no. S13.
J. Boardman, "Herakles", Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, IV, Zurich and Munich, 1988, p. 750, no. 399.
Exhibited
Royal Ontario Museum, The Search for Alexander, 5 March - 10 July 1983.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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