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LOT 0712
Roman Bronze Apollo Statuette
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (144 grams, 10.5 cm).
A lar figure of Apollo depicted nude with a tall and slender body, carrying a quiver on his back, the right arm raised and holding a patera, left hand holding a branch(?), laurel wreath on his head; standing on a square pedestal base.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques De Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 443; see also an example of Apollo in a similar pose Zadoks-Josephus, A.N., Jitta Peters, W.J.T., Roman Bronze Statuettes from the Netherlands, vol. I, Groningen, 1967, pp.2 & 3, pl.1; for discussion on statuettes of Apollo with patera in cult places, see Fogolari, G. & Gambacurta, G., Materiali preromani e romani del santuario di Lagole di Calalzo al Museo di Pieve di Cadore (Collezioni e Musei Archeologici del Veneto, 44), Roma, 2001.
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