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LOT 0665
Roman Bronze Bearded Grotesque Statuette
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.72 grams, 27 mm).
Modelled standing nude with left hand covering the mouth and right hand on the buttocks. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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