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LOT 0758
Roman Bronze Cupid Statuette
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
3 in. (47.8 grams, 78 mm).
Depicting a naked winged Cupid in a dynamic pose, right arm extended, left arm against the body, with the right leg extended backwards and the left leg firmly placed on the high pedestal, a dove or a torch might originally have been held in his hands; head modelled with well-sculpted facial details and straggly hair covering his ears, a top-knot at the top of his head at the end of a pair of braids; possibly once forming part of a larger group, probably centred around a statuette of Venus.
ProvenanceEx South London collection; acquired before 1980.
LiteratureSee for similar specimens Stead, I., 'Excavations at Winterton Roman Villa and other Roman Sites in North Lincolnshire. Department of the Environment Archaeological Reports 9' in HMSO, 1976.
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LOT 0758
Roman Bronze Cupid Statuette
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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