Hellenistic Bronze Standing Nude Youth Holding a Bird

Ca 1st Century BC.   A corpulent nude youth stands with left leg advancing, his arms raised,  holding a bird in his left arm, his wavy hair arranged in a topknot, with a cloak draped around his neck, falling down his back.  He may also represent Eros or Harpokrates in this guise. Height 5 1/4 inches (13.34 cm). Height with stand 8 1/4 inches (20.96 cm) affixed to stand.  Provenance:Sotheby's London, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Near Eastern Antiquities, 16 July 1962, Lot 176.Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lasker, New York.Christie’s, London, Fine Antiquities Including the Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Collection, 12 December 1990, Lot 183.Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 1991 (Art of the Ancient World, Vol. VI, part 2, no. 24)John Kluge (Morven Collection), Virginia.Christie’s, New York, The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, 8 June 2004, Lot 452.