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Antithetically arranged, each depicting Zeus in the form of an eagle carrying the youthful Ganymede, the eagle grasping the wings, each youth depicted nude but for a chlamys draped over the shoulders, with one arm raised and the other at the side, foliate wreath in his hair, wearing bracelets and a beaded bandolier bag, preserving traces of color for their skin, pink on the chlamys and on the eagle.

h. 36.2 cm

Hellenistic Period, c. 2nd century BC

Terracotta

Provenance

UK based dealer, United Kingdom, 1970s
With Mansour Gallery, London, 1970s
Ex private collection of William Bowmore AO OBE (1909-2008), Australia, Invalid date
Australian private collection, Melbourne, acquired at Mossgreen Auctions
Acquired at Christie’s Antiquities Sale 2174, New York, 3rd June 2009, lot 151

Publications

R. Radford, The Fine Art of Giving, 90 masterpieces from The William Bowmore Collection, Adelaide, 1999, no. 5
Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 24th November 2008, lot 711
Christie's, Antiquities Sale, New York, 3rd June 2009, lot 151
"Greek Art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 64, fig. 24
Egypte Ancienne, May/June/July 2013, no. 8, p. 67
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 40 and 94
C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Le Bestiaire Levett, 2016, p. 36, fig. 30 and p. 84
Force One, 2017, no. 15, p. 38

Exhibitions

The Fine Art of Giving : 90 masterpieces from The WIilliam Bowmore Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 2nd November 1999 — 1st April 2000
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Pair of Greek Terracotta Figures Depicting Zeus and Ganymede

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