Large Roman Bronze Figure of a Goddess

2ND-3RD CENTURY AD

9 1/4" (1.66 kg, 23.5cm).

A substantial bronze statuette of a youthful female, possibly a goddess, standing wearing a peplos dress tied beneath the bust and covered by a loose mantle over the left shoulder; diademed and dressed in a chignon; right hand extended holding a patera, left hand absent.

Provenance

UK art market.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1998, lot 145.
Acquired by the present owner at Sotheby's, New York.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11053-183997.

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LOT 0104

Large Roman Bronze Figure of a Goddess

Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750

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