ROMAN BRONZE MERCURY STATUETTE 1st-2nd century AD A cast statuette of Mercury in advancing pose, nude, two small wings to the shoulders, bag of coins in the left hand; the right hand raised, cast with a hole for insertion of the caduceus; the right foot resting on a square-section plinth with flared base. 79 grams, 99 mm (4"). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. Literature See Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965.
ROMAN BRONZE MERCURY STATUETTE 1st-2nd century AD A cast statuette of Mercury in advancing pose, nude, two small wings to the shoulders, bag of coins in the left hand; the right hand raised, cast with a hole for insertion of the caduceus; the right foot resting on a square-section plinth with flared base. 79 grams, 99 mm (4"). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. Literature See Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965.
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