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LOT 0393
Neoclassical Marble Seated Robed Figure
19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
8 3/4 in. (4.6 kg total, 24.5 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round figure of a male wearing a short-sleeved tunica and with a toga draped carefully around the body; seated on a bench with a cushion, and with the folds of the toga arranged to the sides and rear; scroll in the right hand; mounted on a substantial marble base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceOld collection of M.A.
From the estate of Mr William Nicholas Roos, c. 1980.
with Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, USA, 5 December 2010.
Property of a French collector.
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Opening Bid: £4,000
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