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LOT 0745
Roman Bronze Genius Statuette
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (118 grams total, 96 mm including stand).
Modelled standing, wearing a loosely draped himation hanging from the right shoulder, the folds gathered at the left forearm raised to support a patera; 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, items 121-3.
FootnotesA genius was a local spirit or supernatural helper whose favour could be requested with a libation or small offering.
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