Roman Bronze Statuette of a Servant with Offering

3RD CENTURY A.D.

2 5/8 in. (38 grams total, 67 mm including stand).

Standing nude with both arms supporting a scallop shell, the hair dressed in the manner of a putto; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [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. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques De Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 114-115, for similar.

Footnotes

Although inspired by statuettes of Eros, the representation is that of a body with a musculature of a mature man, with a well-shaped torso and strong pectorals. Probably of Gallo-Roman workmanship.

CONDITION

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LOT 0643