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LOT 0163

Roman Bronze Head

2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.

4 in. (440 grams, 10 cm).

Hollow-formed with long neck, abundant thick hair and beard, broad mouth; probably intended to represent an emperor.

Provenance

Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. a bronze statue of Hadrian from the Camp of the Sixth Roman Legion in Tel Shalem, 117–138 AD, now in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

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LOT 0163

Roman Bronze Head

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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