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LOT 0122
Roman Bronze Figure of Fortuna
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (230 grams total, 99 mm including stand).
The goddess standing, wearing an Ionic chiton and himation, the folds cascading to the floor; her left hand holding a cornucopia supported on her forearm and shoulder, her right hand extended, her centre-parted wavy locks fastened with a band, pulled back in a chignon at the nape of her neck and surmounted by a modius; mounted on a custom-made display stand with collector's label to the underside. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old French collection.
Acquired from Gallery Drees Archéo, 2008.
Ex Gilles Grimm collection.
Property of a French collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the 2008 invoice.
Literature
Cf. Boucher, S., Tassinari, S., Bronze Antiques du Musée de la civilisation Gallo-Romaine a Lyon, 1. Inscriptions, Statuaire, Vaisselle, Lyon, 1976, nos.20-21, 38 (Fortuna and Isis-Fortuna).
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