LOT 0935 Roman Asclepius God of Medicine Statuette
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1st-2nd century AD. A bronze statuette of standing Asclepius (Greek Asklepios), covered by a cloak, leaving the right shoulder and the breast uncovered, the right hand slightly raised, the left hand holding the snake staff. Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 451, for type. 46.9 grams, 55mm (2 1/4"). From a private collection formed in the Netherlands; previously in a European collection formed prior to 1980. The ancient Roman god of medicine, whose staff with a snake curled around it, is commonly used as a symbol of medicine. Asclepius was identified with the Greek god Asklepios. The staff of Asclepius symbolises the sanitary arts, with the inclusion of the snake symbolising rebirth, fertility and a return to health. Some scholars have hypothesised that, at one time, the symbol represented a worm coiled around a stick. Parasitic worms such as the 'Guinea worm' (Dracunculus medinensis) were common in ancient times, and were extracted from under the skin by slowly rolling them around a stick.
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