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LOT 214179
Roman Style Marble Torso with Lionskin
19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
5 1/2 in. (508 grams, 14 cm).
Modelled as a muscular nude torso with lionskin draped over the left shoulder.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1980s.
From an interesting European collection of marbles.
Property of a European gentleman.
Footnotes
Probably intended to depict Hercules, who customarily wore a lionskin.
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LOT 214179
Roman Style Marble Torso with Lionskin
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£222 (EUR 258; USD 300) +BP*
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