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LOT 0133

Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600


MONUMENTAL ROMAN BRONZE LEFT HAND
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
13 3/8 in. (18 5/8 in.) (4.65 kg total, 34 cm (47.5 cm high including stand)).

Hollow-formed with forefinger extended and bent, thumb in gripping position and other fingers curled around; mounted on a custom-made stand; thumb and forefinger restored.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Frits Philips, Eindhoven, Netherlands, before 1980.
European private collection, 1980s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12056-213654.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Christie's, 6 December 2007, no.178.

CONDITION
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