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LOT 0626
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.
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.12651-234613.
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 0626
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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