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LOT 0270

Parthian Bronze Bestial Figure

1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

4 1/2 in. (186 grams, 11.6 cm).

Modelled in the round advancing nude satyr with arms outstretched, long triangular face with goatee beard and two short horns above the brow, fur texture to the legs and cloven hooves, strap to the right hoof; hands opened to grip a frame or vertical bars; pellet nipples, incised Y representing the backbone to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 0270

Parthian Bronze Bestial Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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