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Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

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LOT 0570

Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

3 3/8 in. (121 grams total, 86 mm including stand).

Head and torso of a young male with emphasised pectoral muscles and bowl-cut hairstyle; tapering body; attachment loop to rear and socket to the neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [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. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 385, for similar truncated figure and hairstyle.

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LOT 0570

Greek Bronze Male Figural Attachment

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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