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LOT 0926
Life-Size Roman Marble Finger Fragments
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 2 7/8 in. (148 grams total, 52-74 mm).
Two fragments of fingers from a statue, the smaller with attachment points for an object. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex M. Cummings collection, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s.
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