A BRONZE FIGURE OF MERCURY AS THE GOD OF COMMERCE
ITALIAN, PROBABLY MANTUAN, 16TH CENTURY
Depicted with a cloak about his shoulders, standing in contrapposto and holding a money satchel in his right hand; on a later ebonised circular wood socle; dark brown patina with reddish brown high points
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high; 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) high, overall
A BRONZE FIGURE OF MERCURY AS THE GOD OF COMMERCE
ITALIAN, PROBABLY MANTUAN, 16TH CENTURY
Depicted with a cloak about his shoulders, standing in contrapposto and holding a money satchel in his right hand; on a later ebonised circular wood socle; dark brown patina with reddish brown high points
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high; 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) high, overall
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