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LOT 0060
Etruscan Bronze Figure of a Man
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 1/4 in. (87 grams, 83 mm).
Standing with right hand extended, left hand supporting a spherical object, the body draped in a textile garment worn over the head like a cowl.
Provenance
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
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