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LOT 0377
Post Medieval Bronze Statue of Sappho
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (2.3 kg, 28 cm).
Hollow-formed figure standing in contrapposto pose, wearing a chiton and draped himation with decorative borders; the hair bound with ribbons into a cone and the loose ends draped onto the shoulders; sockets for separately cast forearms (absent); rear of neck damaged. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceDiscovered in a wall of a castle in Hagetaubin, France.
Property of a French collector.
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