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Lot 1154
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An Italian Patinated Bronze Figure of "Minerva Giustiniani ", early-to-mid 20th c., after the Roman marble found in the Temple of Minerva Medica on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, now in the Vatican Museum (itself a copy of the Greek original believed to be by Pheidias), the goddess depicted with her usual attributes of lance, owl and snake (representative of Erichthonius, Athena's foster son). Reference: Haskell, Taste and the Antique, Yale University Press, pp. 269-270
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October 12, 2008 10:00 AM CDT
New Orleans, LA, US
Neal Auction Company
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