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LOT 0277
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,573
ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF MERCURY
1ST CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD
4 1/4" (136 grams, 11cm including stand).
1ST CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD
4 1/4" (136 grams, 11cm including stand).
A figurine of Mercury standing nude with winged petasos, mantle draped to the shoulder, marsupium in the extended right hand, winged sandals to the feet; mounted on a custom-made stand.
PROVENANCE:
Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 41.
