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LOT 0122
Roman Bronze Plaque with Goddess Cybele
3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (430 grams, 94 mm).
Rectangular plaque with stepped herringbone border, facing bust of Cybele with flaring turret-crown and cascading hair, symbols in the field.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a European gentleman living in South London; acquired 1970-1980.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13307-258227.
Cf. a similar plaque in bronze of the goddess in Sackler Museum, Harvard University, inv.no.1993.233.
FootnotesCybele was the great Phrygian mother of the gods, and goddess of motherhood, fertility and the mountain wilds.
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