25 ROMAN BRONZE ASKLEPIOS, GOD OF MEDICINE, the god of healing depicted wrapped in a himation, his muscular torso exposed, his curly hair bound with a fillet; eyes inlaid with silver. Probably based upon the cult statue at Epidaurus. Ca. 1st Century AD. H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.) Ex P.P. collection, California. 26 ROMAN BRONZE GROTESQUE STANDING ON A FROG The naked bearded figure standing astride the frog's back, his body twisting and his right arm raised; the frog sitting on a three-lobed lilypad. 1st Century BC/AD. H.1 3/8 in. (4.5cm.) Very rare type. Ex Geneva private collection, acquired from the Alain Baron collection, Geneva in 1966; J.M.E. collection, New York. 27 ROMAN BRONZE HARPOKRATES RIDING A RAM side-saddle, his right forefinger raised toward his mouth. He wears the pschent crown, a tunic, and leggings, and in his left arm he cradles a cornucopia. 1st-2nd Century AD. H 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) Ex German collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Munich, December 2007. 28 ROMAN BRONZE GROTESQUE AFRICAN DANCER wearing only a loincloth and a conical cap. The male is depicted performing in a rotary dance movement; finely modeled in the tradition of the Hellenistic style of Alexandria. 2nd Century BC-1st Century AD. H. 4 in. (10 cm.) Ex German collection.
18 29 ROMAN BRONZE GANYMEDE GRASPED BY ZEUS AS AN EAGLE The nude youth, crouching, with left arm raised in a defensive posture as the great raptor with spread wings pounces from behind. Finely modeled. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 5 in. (12.5 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Munich in December 2004. 30 ROMAN BRONZE PAIR OF YOKE ELEMENTS: SATYRS TAMING GOATS A fallen goat on which a youthful satyr or a bearded Silen kneels. On the side discs are frontal Silenos masks. 1st-3rd Century AD. Hts. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) Ex German collection; J.M.E. collection, New York.
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