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LOT 0126

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ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF YOUNG DIONYSUS WITH SILVER INLAYS
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (70.1 grams, 61 mm).

Modelled in the round, a male infant with arms and right leg extended, left leg bent and raised; head looking downwards, with applied silver scales imitating a wreath; sturdy mounting peg to the reverse.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the German art market, 2002.
European private collection.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12053-211904.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 111, for type.

FOOTNOTES:
The model appears to form part of a figural group.

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