1st-2nd century AD. A substantial bronze figure of Jupiter copying an original Greek work, standing nude in contrapposto pose, left leg flexed and advancing; left arm extended perpendicular to the body, right arm thrust down and slightly forward; the hair and beard formed as a dense mass of curls, each individually modelled, with a copper fillet retaining them behind; the eyes with silver overlay, the lower lip with copper overlay (similar originally applied to the nipples); later tiered socle base with pointillé inscription ??????? ?????' (a vow to Herakles"). See no.195a in Leventi, 'Zeus' in LIMC and nos.243-244 in Leventi and Machaira, 'Zeus' in LIMC.1.4 kg, 23cm including stand (9"). From a private UK collection; formerly with Christie's, New York, 4 June 2008, lot 255 (US $60,000.00 - $90,000.00); acquired by the current owner on the London art market in 2007; formerly in a collection of a New York collector, since the early 1990s; accompanied by a technical examination report, written by Pieter Meyers of Los Angeles, California, dated 11 May 2018; and positive metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Peter Northover (ex Department of Materials, Materials Science-Based Archaeology Group & Department of Materials, University of Oxford), number R5249; a Ciram report suggesting a later date, however based only on the circumstance that the corrosion does not penetrate deeply inside the alloy (what can have been caused by the fact that the statuette could have been found in an underground lead box); an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00125531 and the relevant Christie's catalogue pages; accompanied by an academic report by Dr. Raffaele D’Amato; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by IADAA certificate number no.20032020/1433. This Jupiter type, known as Zeus Brontaios or Thunderer, has been attributed to a Greek original by sculptor Leochares, c. 370-360 BC. The god would have held a sceptre in his left hand and cradled his thunderbolt in his right. The statue may have served as a devotional image in a personal shrine, or used as a votive object offered as a dedication to the god. Even on a Hellenic provincial stele from Miletupolis in Mysia (Asia Minor) Zeus Hypsistos is depicted like Zeus Brontaios, regularly portrayed in anthropomorphic form, with his thunderbolt in hand.