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LOT 0691
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, crescent above, wearing a peplos dress with undertunic; mounting lug to reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, XVIII supplément à ‘Gallia’, Paris, 1965, no.473, for similar.
FootnotesThe small bronze sculpture could represent the 'Night' (divinity), with the crescent moon on her head. It could have been an appliqué from a ceremonial chariot, or an appliqué for furniture or triclinium bed.
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