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LOT 0079
Iberian Bronze Statuette
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 5/8 in. (215 grams total, 11.8 cm high including stand).
Youthful male standing wearing a belted tunic with apron, arms spread wide, barefoot, bare-headed with short textured hair; mounted on a custom-made base.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Paris, France, assembled in the 1950s-1960s.
with Tessier-Sarrou & Associés, Paris, 2015.
European private collection.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00107108.
Accompanied by a copy of French cultural export passport no.167803.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12650-264612.
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.
Cf. similar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.19.192.49.
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LOT 0079
Iberian Bronze Statuette
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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