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LOT 0127
'The East Lindsey' Romano-British Bronze Hooded Male Statuette
43-150 A.D.
3 1/4 in. (102 grams total, 83 mm including stand).
Standing adorant, wearing a knee-length tunic, the right arm held across the body to support the left hand raised to the mouth; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, UK, on Wednesday 19th August 1998.
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.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NLM995.
Published
Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme no.NLM995.
Footnotes
This small statuette of a male figure in short hooded cloak (cucullus) has the left arm raised towards the chin, and the right arm lies on left arm just below the wrist. A similar statuette in PAS is identified as possibly depicting an adorant.
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LOT 0127
'The East Lindsey' Romano-British Bronze Hooded Male Statuette
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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