figure
- Museum number
- 1824,0460.4
- Description
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Bronze statuette of Mercury. He originally had a gold torc and a silver staff, now missing. The base is inlaid with silver and niello.
- Production date
- 120-140
- Dimensions
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Height: 15.24 centimetres
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Height: 21 centimetres
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Width: 8 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- GR 1975.3-14.7 is a modern (?) copy of the statuette but without the drapery.
- Location
- On display (G70/dc20)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2003, 5 Aug-5 Oct, Tokyo National Museum, 'Alexander the Great: East-West Cultural Contacts from Greece to Japan'
2003, 18 Oct-21 Dec, Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, 'Alexander the Great: East-West Cultural Contacts from Greece to Japan'
- Acquisition date
- 1824
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1824,0460.4
