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LOT 0869
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]
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.
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.181, for Flora holding up a wreath.
FootnotesThe hand raising the laurel wreath, symbol of Roman victory, could belong to a statuette representing the winged Victory, Nike. However, an important statuette of Flora, goddess of flowering and cereals, found in Witcombe Villa, represents her with raised hand holding a similar wreath, which does not necessarily correspond to a laurel wreath, but to an intertwined wreath of flowers , symbol of prosperity and spring.
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