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LOT 0842
Gallo-Roman Bronze Statuette of a Lyre Player
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (59 grams, 77 mm).
Standing wearing a three-quarter-length striped tunic belted at the waist and a tight-fitting cap, lyre resting on the left forearm. [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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