A BRONZE FIGURE OF ARES OR A HEROIC WARRIOR, LATE HELLENISTIC, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

Property from a Swiss Private Collection
A BRONZE FIGURE OF ARES OR A HEROIC WARRIOR, LATE HELLENISTIC, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

standing with the weight on his right leg, the right arm lowered and left arm bent at the elbow, both hands (the right one restored) once holding implements, the nipples inlaid in copper, his head turned to his left, with full beard and silvered eyes with recessed pupils, his curly hair surmounted by a Corinthian helmet pushed back and with straps upturned, the separately-made crest now missing.
Height 23.8 cm.

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Provenance:
Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Zurich

Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), acquired from the above in 1963

by descent to the present owner