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LOT 0125

Roman Bronze Statuette of Diana

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (105 grams total, 94 mm including stand).

The goddess advancing in active pose wearing a knee-length tunic gathered below her breasts, her hair tied above her crown; quiver to her right shoulder, right arm bent reaching for an arrow, left arm extended and hand open to grip a bow (absent); 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.

Literature

Cf. Boucher, S., Recherches sur les Bronzes Figurés de Gaule Pré-Romaine et Romaine, Rome, 1976, item 274, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0125

Roman Bronze Statuette of Diana

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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