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LOT 0142
Roman Bronze Statuette of Eros
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (160 grams total, 73 mm high including stand).
Modelled with the right hand in a fist placed on the brow, left hand supporting a cup on the knee, wings spread to the reverse; 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. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.44.
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