Circa 300-200 BC An Eastern Greek cast bronze statuette of Herakles modelled to a fine standard. He stands in the position of a hero with his left arm holding a club above his head; his head with large almond-shaped eyes, small petite nose, and mouth with a gentle smile, he has short hair in granule-like clumps, his body depicting the curvature of his muscular physique. His chest has been highlighted with muscular abdomen with stylised nipples, genitalia portraying his youthful fertility, his right arm missing, although remnants showing he is holding the fur of the Nemean lion. For similar see: Langlotz, Ernst. 1927. Fruehgriechische Bildhauerschulen. no. 26, pl. 27, b, Nuremburg: E. Frommann & Sohn. Richter, Gisela M. A. 1928. "A Bronze Statuette of Herakles." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 23(11): pp. 266–68, figs. 1–3. Richter, Gisela M. A. 1930. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 346–47, fig. 248, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. For reference see The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 28.77. Size: L:175mm (with stand) / W:60mm; 420g Provenance: Property of a London gentleman; formerly in the private collection of Mr. R.A.; British art Market 1990s.