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LOT 0138
Roman Bronze Statuette of Mars on Horseback
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (80.1 grams total, 68 mm including stand).
Wearing a crested helmet, cloak, bloused tunic and braccae, the god bestriding his mount with right arm raised and hand open to support a spear; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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. Boucher, S., Recherches sur les Bronzes Figurés de Gaule Pré-Romaine et Romaine, Rome, 1976, item 354, for type.
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LOT 0138
Roman Bronze Statuette of Mars on Horseback
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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