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LOT 0801

Roman Bronze Statuette Hand Holding Victory Wreath

1ST CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (19.6 grams, 23 mm).

Modelled in the round, right hand clutching a wreath of laurel leaves. [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. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.181, for Flora holding up a wreath.

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LOT 0801

Roman Bronze Statuette Hand Holding Victory Wreath

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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