http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/839296/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull;jsessionid=E4C5458CF9041567CBA4A5A5B5BBB6EBFigurine of Herakles shooting his bowabout 550 B.C.BronzeOrnament from the rim of a vessel (?); the place of attachment on the left side shows that the figure was to be seen in profile to the right and was applied to a curved surface. Herakles is in the archaic running, kneeling posture. The hero is bearded and wears a tight-fitting cloth cap (or his hair in a rolled fillet) and a small cuirass with cloth belt around the waist. His lion's skin is worn as a tunic under the cuirass, the animal's head coming down on the right thigh and the paws on the left. Right arm and hand, and part of bow-string missing. Dark greenish brown patina.Sculpture6.7000000000 Centimeter1.6000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/detailsrdf/152666;jsessionid=E4C5458CF9041567CBA4A5A5B5BBB6EB