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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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