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LOT 0662
Roman Bronze Bust of a Youth
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (34.5 grams, 42.5 mm).
Modelled in the half-round with a dressed hair and stylised facial features; bare-chested except for a folded cloak fastened over his left shoulder. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from J. S. Fine Art, Bodicote, Oxfordshire, UK.
Property of a Shropshire private collector.
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