Lot 86
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ROMAN FIGURE OF CUPID
RHINE VALLEY, GERMANY, C. 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D.
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities | 624
Auction: 16 September 2020 at 15:00 BST
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Description
cast bronze, of rotund build, with full features and elaborate coiffure, shown with the weight placed on the right leg, the torso slightly turned, the left arm raised, the right holding a burning torch down to the side, winged and raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
9.9cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Uncovered during the excavation of volcanic pumice stone in a quarry at Nickenich in the Rhine Valley, Germany, during the 1950's
Acquired in 1960 by a German private collector and thence by descent
Finch & Co, London, Catalogue 20, May 19th 2016