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LOT 0831

Roman Bronze Statuette of Attis

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (137 grams total, 78 mm high including stand).

Figure standing with left leg advanced, wearing a simple fringed robe clasped at each shoulder; tight-fitting cap with ridge to the top, abundant hair descending to the shoulders; hands to the hips supporting a quantity of bunches of grapes and other fruit; mounted on a custom-made 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.

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LOT 0831

Roman Bronze Statuette of Attis

Sold for (Inc. bp): £624

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