A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HERAKLES BIBAX, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HERAKLES BIBAX, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

standing with the weight on his right leg, holding a club cradled in his left arm and a skyphos in his right hand, a lion skin falling from his left shoulder and draped over his left forearm, his head turned to his right, his hair bound in a fillet and surmounted by a wreath.
Height 13 cm.

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Provenance:
European private collection, late 19th/early 20th Century (based on dark patina and yellow marble base)

private collection, Vienne, France, acquired in the 1970s

Artcurial, Lyon, October 8th, 2016, no. 191 ("à l'antique")