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Hellenistic Bronze Furniture Mount with Mime Hellenistic Bronze Furniture Mount with Mime Hellenistic Bronze Furniture Mount with Mime Hellenistic Bronze Furniture Mount with Mime Hellenistic Bronze Furniture Mount with Mime Hellenistic Bronze Furniture Mount with Mime
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LOT 0071

Hellenistic Bronze Furniture Mount with Mime

ALEXANDRIA, 1ST CENTURY B.C.

4 3/4 in. (130 grams total, 11.9 cm including stand).

Modelled with large prominent ears and neatly cut short hair, rounded facial detailing with large eyes and flattened nose, the upper body and hands wrapped inside a pleated cloak, hollow to the reverse; the bust emerging from a lotus flower resting atop a lion's claw foot with a mounting spike on the reverse; mounted on a display stand.

Provenance

Collection of Ambassador G.P., nr.126, before 1965.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0071

Hellenistic Bronze Furniture Mount with Mime

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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