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LOT 2055
Roman Style Male Statuette
20TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/8 in. (7 7/8 in.) (321 grams, 16.1 cm (418 grams total, 20 cm including stand)).
Hollow-formed and modelled in the round, nude male advancing with proper right arm bent and fist clenched, hollowed to accept the shaft of a spear; left arm tapered for attachment of a shield; contrapposto stance; after the antique; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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