A Roman bronze statuette of Mars Ultor
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The bearded god standing with the weight on his right leg, his right arm raised, likely once holding a spear, wearing a plumed Corinthian helmet, cuirass, pteryges and greaves, 10.3cm high注脚Provenance:
Dr Yves Goalard (1934-2017) collection, France, acquired in the 1970s.
Yves Goalard collection; Alde, Paris, 6 October 2017, lot 23.

This statuette is a version of the cult statue of Mars Ultor, best known from a 2nd Century A.D. marble which originally stood in the Forum of Augustus, now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, inv. no. 58. Small reproductions of this statue were common, and have been found all over the Roman Empire; their scale is appropriate for dedication in the household shrine, or lararium. For a related example in bronze and of the same scale as the present lot, see the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, inv. no. 96.AB.194.