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LOT 1988

Bronze Head of Dionysus and Ariadne

20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

6 1/4 in. (634 grams, 16 cm high).

Hollow-formed janiform bust with wreath to the brows. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 1988

Bronze Head of Dionysus and Ariadne

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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