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THBGandharan Schist Carving of Hercules
Lot 134b
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. A gorgeous statue of the mythical Greek hero Hercules carved from grey-brown schist in a classic Greco-Buddhist stylization. Hercules stands nude with an extended left leg, right hand to hip, with a pleated cloak falling from his left shoulder to his right knee. Though missing, his leaning posture would be supported by leaning on his customary wooden club with a lion pelt beneath. The left-turned head boasts a countenance defined by almond-shaped eyes within heavy lids, a slender nose, full lips surrounded by a bushy beard, and a cupped ear, all beneath a bald pate flanked with tufts of hair and framed with a circular nimbus. Custom wooden display stand included. Size: 6.125" W x 12.4" H (15.6 cm x 31.5 cm); 14.8" H (37.6 cm) on included custom stand.
The presentation of this statue is derived from the Roman Farnese Hercules statue (3rd century CE) which was modeled upon an earlier Greek bronze. In terms of iconography, this sculpture references the Greek myth of Hercules' first of twelve labors when King Eurystheus asked Hercules to bring him the skin of a fierce lion that terrorized the hillside around Nemea - a seemingly impossible task. Despite the fact that initially Hercules' arrows were utterly useless against this threatening beast, the hero ultimately succeeded, clutching the lion in his muscular arms all the while strategically avoiding its claws, and finally choking it to death.
Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private San Francisco, California, USA collection
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#144308Professionally repaired in areas around one leg and peripheries, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Losses to one arm, nimbus, and areas of peripheries and verso, softening to some finer details, and light encrustations. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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