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LOT 0818
Romano-British Bronze Eros Statuette
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (115 grams, 57 mm).
Modelled in the round with one leg extended, head turned, two small dorsal wings. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, plate 44 (Cupid from Colchester).
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