4³⁄₈ in. (11.1 cm.) high

with T. Fujita, Tokyo.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
John Kluge (1914-2010), Charlottesville, acquired from the above, 1990.
The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2004, lot 475.

C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, p. 36, no. 90-18 (unpublished).

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Lot Essay

The figure is related to a Classical bronze athlete from Locri or Tarentum, now in the Cleveland Museum of Art (see no. 12 in A. Kozloff and D.G. Mitten, The Gods Delight, The Human Figure in Classical Bronze). The appearance of the god's diverse attributes, a plectrum and a quiver on a single figure, is noteworthy. As Vermeule and Eisenberg inform (op. cit.), "Emphasis on the musical as well as the aggressive aspect of Apollo make this small figure a manifestation of all aspects of the god."