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LOT 0854
Roman Bronze Young Hercules Statuette
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (87 grams total, 55 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round with kilt and lionskin mantle, standing with club resting on his shoulder, left hand concealed behind the body; 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., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, item 34, for type.
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