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LOT 0133
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.
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