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LOT 0836
Roman Bronze Seated Child Statuette
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (55.5 grams total, 57 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round seated and with the head turned slightly upwards, left hand modelled open to grip a separate object; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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.
Literature
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 215, for type.
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