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LOT 0123
Roman Bronze Dancing Sol Statuette
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (57 grams, 72 mm including stand).
Standing nude on one leg on a cuboid socle base, the other leg raised and extended, right arm raised and bent, hand open to accept a sceptre, left arm extended with patera in the open hand, short mantle to the shoulders, hair and rays framing the face.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an EU collection before 2020.
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession number 1865,0712.17.
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