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LOT 0975
Roman Cupid Bronze Statuette Reaching for Arrows
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (82 grams, 78 mm).
Modelled in the round, standing figure of Cupid, nude in advancing pose reaching over his shoulder to take an arrow from his quiver; left arm extended to support his bow (absent).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 112-118.
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