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Lot 113

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A Roman bronze figure of Hermes
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The nude figure standing with his weight placed on the left leg, the money bag grasped in the right hand, his curling hair surmounted by wings and a pointed headdress, the face with furrowed brow and large heavy lidded eyes with recessed pupils, 6½in (16.8cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
English private collection.
Bonhams London, 13 April 2011, lot 119.
Israeli private collection, Jerusalem 1970.

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