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LOT 0609
'The Thetford' Roman Bronze Putto Statuette
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (26.2 grams, 43 mm).
Modelled in the round with back arched, legs extended, right arm reaching upwards; old collector's label marked 'Thetford'.
ProvenanceFound Thetford, Norfolk, UK.
LiteratureCf. Boucher, S. and Tassinari, S., Bronzes Antiques I, Inscriptions, Statuaire, Vaisselle, Paris, 1976, p.31, no.23, for similar.
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