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LOT 0080
Iberian Bronze Statuette
4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (77.8 grams total, 10 cm including stand).
Standing with arms held straight at the sides, short hair with neck-ring to rear, short-sleeved tunic with pleats to centre-front and rear, wide belt; perhaps a monumental fitting; gas permeation to rear right leg; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Private 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.12651-234613.
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
See Mitten, D.G. & Doeringer, S.F., Master Bronzes of the Classical World, New York, 1968, pp.51-52, figs.33, 34, for type.
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LOT 0080
Iberian Bronze Statuette
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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