41. Seated Boxer. Hellenistic Greek. 100 BCE Bronze

• Form
  • older man, past his prime, defeated look
  • Smashed nose; lips sunken in to suggest broken teeth
  • Cauliflower ears
  • Nude fighters with wrapped hands
  • Blood denoted in copper, from face and onto right arm & thigh
  • Copper used as highlights on lips, nipples, straps on leather gloves, wounds on head
  • Great emotion
• Function
  • May have been a good luck charm for athletes (evidence: toes worn away by touching)
  • May have been part of a group sculpture, turned face to opponent