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Gallo-Roman Bronze Statuette of a Lyre Player Gallo-Roman Bronze Statuette of a Lyre Player Gallo-Roman Bronze Statuette of a Lyre Player
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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]

Provenance

From 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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LOT 0842

Gallo-Roman Bronze Statuette of a Lyre Player

Sold for (Inc. bp): £221

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