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LOT 0816

Roman Bronze Votive Statuette

1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

3 1/4 in. (117 grams total, 82 mm including stand).

Standing nude figure of a warrior with left hand extended, pierced to accept the grip of a shield, right hand raised, pierced to accept the shaft of a spear; 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. similar items made as askos-fittings now in the British Museum under accession no.1873,0820.561.

CONDITION
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LOT 0816

Roman Bronze Votive Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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