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LOT 0822
Roman Bronze Bust of a Woman
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (140 grams, 60 mm).
Modelled in the round with stephane to the hair, peplos dress with undertunic; mounting lug to reverse.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 0822
Roman Bronze Bust of a Woman
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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