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LOT 0737
Life-Size Roman Marble Finger
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (96 grams, 10 cm).
Modelled in the round with spur to the reverse of the first joint for attachment. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx M. Cummings collection, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s.
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