A Large Bronze Replica Statue of a Riace Greek Warrior

20th century, bronze with applied verdigris patina, unsigned, after the antique discovered in 1972 in the Ionian Sea and now at the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia in Reggio Calabria, Italy, mounted atop an ebonized wooden base.

81 1/2 x 36 x 24 in. (including base)

From the Estate of the late Dr. Larry Bridge, Albemarle, North Carolina

The accompanying information with the Lot shares that the bronze was reportedly from the set of the American Soap Opera "One Life to Live".

Some surface marks and spotting to bronze and base; base with chipping along edges; sword likely a later enhanced element, hilt not secured to blade.