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LOT 0810
Roman Bronze Statuette Bust of Demeter
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (11.1 grams, 32 mm).
Bust with dressed hair, punched eyes and mouth, raised chest; slightly hollow to the reverse. [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.
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