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LOT 0704
Roman Bronze Drunken Silenus Statuette
1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (201 grams total, 10.4 cm including stand).
Modelled nude supporting an amphora of wine on his left shoulder, holding the loop handle in his left hand; the right leg raised stepping forward; 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. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 140, for type.
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