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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]
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
Probably intended to depict Hercules, who customarily wore a lionskin.
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Opening Bid: £300
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