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Back to previous page2ND CENTURY B.C.
6 5/8 in. (491 grams, 17 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round nude male standing with hands bound behind his back; with short cropped hair and slender figure; left foot absent; mounted on a custom-made stand.
PROVENANCE:
Ex S.K. collection.
Acquired on the German art market, July 1995.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12518-232076.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Bienkoski, P., Les Celtes dans les arts mineurs Gréco-Romains, avec des recherches iconographiques sur quelques autres peoples barbares, Cracovie, 1928, figs.11, 87.
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