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LOT 0619
Roman Bronze Statuette of a Nude Male
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (47 grams, 68 mm).
Modelled in the round standing on a small discoid base with tongue-shaped leaf to the rear of the legs holding a vessel in his proper right hand, net(?) thrown over his left shoulder.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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