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Bronze hand of a boxer, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); width 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); length 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm), Bronzes, The hand is clad in a caestus (boxing glove), comprising a semicylindrical strip and a projecting spike, tied with cords running from the wrist. Although Roman boxers are represented on statues, mosaics, terracotta plaques and lamps, and bronze figurines, few objects show the actual boxing glove with such clarity of detail as the present piece.
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Bronze hand of a boxer, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); width 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); length 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm), Bronzes, The hand is clad in a caestus (boxing glove), comprising a semicylindrical strip and a projecting spike, tied with cords running from the wrist. Although Roman boxers are represented on statues, mosaics, terracotta plaques and lamps, and bronze figurines, few objects show the actual boxing glove with such clarity of detail as the present piece
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Album / quintlox
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Image size:
4322 x 4323 px | 53.5 MB
Print size:
36.6 x 36.6 cm | 14.4 x 14.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
11.1 • 19.5 • 1ST–2ND CENTURY. D • 3 • 7 11/16 • 7.6 CM • ACTUAL BOXING • ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • BOXER • BOXING GLOVE • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE FIGURINES • BRONZE HAND • BRONZE • BRONZES • CAESTUS • CLAD • CLARITY • COMPRISING • CORDS RUNNING • DETAIL • GAUNTLETS • GLOVE • GLOVED • GLOVES • H • H. • HAND • HAND. • HANDS • IMPERIAL • LAMPS • LENGTH • MOSAICS • OBJECTS • OBJETS • PRESENT PIECE • PROJECTING SPIKE • REPRESENTED • ROMAN BOXERS • ROMAN • ROMANO • SEMICYLINDRICAL STRIP • STATUES • TERRACOTTA PLAQUES • TIED • WIDTH 4 3/8 • WRIST
