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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.
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