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LOT 0982
Roman Bronze Statuette of Dioskouros
CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (31.3 grams, 59 mm).
Modelled in the round as a young nude male with engraved details to the body, wearing pileus hat; feet absent.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 107.
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LOT 0982
Roman Bronze Statuette of Dioskouros
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£125 (EUR 145; USD 169) +BP*
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