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LOT 0130

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EUR (€) 1,810 - 2,410
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Current bid: £750 (‡+bp*)
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(1 Bid, Reserve not met)   |   Current bid: £750
ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A PYGMY
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (227 grams total, 10 cm high including stand).

Modelled in the round figure of a pygmy with later pelta shield and Corinthian helmet; the figure modelled nude with exaggerated muscles and genitals; mounted on a custom-made stand.

PROVENANCE:
Old private collection.
Anonymous sale, Delorme du Bocage, Paris, 31 March 2010.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12050-211847.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
See Boucher, S., Recherches sur les Bronzes Figurés de Gaule Pré-Romaine et Romaine, Rome, 1976, p.188, for discussion of grotesque imagery in Roman figural sculpture.

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