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LOT 0670
Roman Bronze Figural Pendant
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (3 3/4 in.) (56 grams, 61 mm (80 grams total, 96 mm including stand)).
Amuletic bust of a bare-chested youth with abundant hair and prominent torc to the neck, suspension loop above; usage wear; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 326, for type.
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