Antique style BRONZE STATUE of KING NEPTUNEKnow as Poseidon or the Old Man of the Sea was King Neptune Here he stands made of solid bronze casting and a solid real marble base.
Little History on king neptune:
They say Poseidon is bad-tempered, like the sea, and that he loves to quarrel, as many of his myths demonstrate. The Greeks projected human temperament onto the sea, which, perhaps, shows a lack of respect for the sea itself. The sea is neither quarrelsome nor easily angered. Certain factors sometimes make it wild and troublesome to humans, but human opinion means nothing to the sea and its inhabitants. Its vast spirit lies far beyond the boundaries of human perception even though it may at times interact in limited ways with certain humans who resonate with it. The Greeks called this vast spirit Poseidon. The Romans called it Neptune. Both cultures dramatized it, gave it emotions, lovers, offspring; made it a rapist of numerous nymphs and goddesses. Such stories may be entertaining fantasies emerging from projections of Greek libido, but they are hardly relevant to the sea. The story I like best about the sea, or Poseidon, is that this blue-maned god once lay with a willing, serpent-haired goddess named Medusa on the floor of Athena's temple and, together, conceived the winged horse, Pegasus. Pegasus, like his sire, had "water-magic" and would use it to churn up the springs of inspiration from which the Muses drank. From those magical waters would come all the arts, which is to say, all that makes us truly human, empathic, creative, humorous, and wise. Mythically speaking then, all art comes from the wild, fluid sea-god and the passionate earth-serpent goddess, making love on the floor of the human mind. Our king neptune is 13" tall by 5.5" wide and 5" deep on the marble base it sits on
