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LOT 0784

Roman Bronze Celtic Bound Captive Statuette

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (104 grams total, 51 mm including stand).

Modelled as a slender man with thick hair and beard, seated and naked with rope binding the hands together at his back; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From 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.

Literature

Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 1007.

CONDITION

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LOT 0784

Roman Bronze Celtic Bound Captive Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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