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LOT 0140
Roman Bronze Statuette of Eros
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (160 grams total, 12.5 cm including stnad).
Eros modelled in the round, advancing, carrying an amphora on his left shoulder, wings spread to the rear, right hand open to accept a bow(?); mounted on a custom-made stand with brass nameplate. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Phillips UK in 1998.
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.
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.44, for type.
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