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LOT 0775
Roman Bronze Triton Statuette
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (59 grams total, 63 mm including stand).
Bowl mount with recess to the reverse and head curled backwards; the body an anguiped with curved limbs; 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. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 324, for type.
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