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Roman Style Marble Torso with Lionskin Roman Style Marble Torso with Lionskin Roman Style Marble Torso with Lionskin
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LOT 2167

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. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s.
From an interesting European collection of marbles.
Property of a European gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Footnotes

Probably intended to depict Hercules, who customarily wore a lionskin.

CONDITION
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LOT 2167

Roman Style Marble Torso with Lionskin

Sold for (Inc. bp): £221

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