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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.
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