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LOT 0956
Roman Bronze Silenus Statuette
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (60.2 grams, 62 mm).
Modelled in the round figure of Silenus with left arm raised, loincloth knotted at the midriff, right hand holding the handle of a ewer; left hand and lower legs absent.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 140, for type.
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