Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 147*
A Gallo-Roman bronze figure of Telesphorus
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £892.50 inc. premium
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Siobhan Quin
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A Gallo-Roman bronze figure of Telesphorus
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Enveloped in a cloak, a hood hanging behind, and wearing a cap surmounted by a tall pointed finial, his face with a fierce expression, mouth grimacing, his deeply indented pupils set beneath high arched eyebrows, 5.1cm high
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Enveloped in a cloak, a hood hanging behind, and wearing a cap surmounted by a tall pointed finial, his face with a fierce expression, mouth grimacing, his deeply indented pupils set beneath high arched eyebrows, 5.1cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989 (Gods and Mortals, V.III, 1989, no. 84).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1990, lot 201.
with Merrin Gallery, New York.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above in July 1990.
Telesphorus was the son, or companion, of Asclepius, and as such was associated with convalescence. For similar, see the National Archaeological Museum, Florence, inv. no. 2321.