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LOT 0127
Roman Bronze Statuette of the God of Mercury
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (89.8 grams, 95 mm).
Modelled standing nude in contrapposto stance, wearing a mantle draped to the left shoulder and secured at the right, wearing winged petasos cap, standing on a rectangular base.
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 27, 30, for type.
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