ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF A GENIUS

Ca. AD 100 - 300. A bronze statuette of a Genius standing with his weight on the right leg, wearing a tunic beneath a long toga drawn over the head. The drapery falls in broad layered folds across the body and over the left arm. His left hand holds a scroll, with the right arm lowered and the hand now missing, probably originally holding a patera. The figure stands on an integral flared pedestal with a moulded upper rim and vertical fluting around the sides. For similar see: Museo d'Antichità J. J. Winckelmann, Inv. No. 2478. Size: 180mm x 60mm; Weight: 350g Provenance: From a private British collection; ex I.H. collection, assembled since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Stima:€957.07

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