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LOT 0526

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

GREEK BRONZE HERM
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (72 grams, 74 mm).

Miniature herm with male head and torso developing to a square-section trunk with genitals; pointillé eyes, slit mouth, socket to base. [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.

LITERATURE:
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1912,1125.13.

CONDITION
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