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LOT 0048
Etruscan Bronze Ceres Statuette
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
2 3/4 in. (86 grams, 71 mm).
Female with hair drawn up in a chignon, palla wrapped tightly around the upper body hiding the right arm bent with the hand at the shoulder, lower hem of robe flared; fixing lug to underside.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 143 (Fortuna) in similar robe; 203, Ceres or Pomona.
Footnotes
This is a figurine of a deity of difficult interpretation representing an ex-voto. This typology is widespread in the votive offerings of Etrusco-Roman sanctuaries, and by analogy with various statuettes could represent Ceres.
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LOT 0048
Etruscan Bronze Ceres Statuette
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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