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Lot 66*

A Roman bronze figure of Isis-Fortuna

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

£3,000 - £5,000

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A Roman bronze figure of Isis-Fortuna
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The hollow-cast goddess depicted stepping forward, wearing a short sleeved chiton with a himation tied in the characteristic Isis knot between her breasts, holding a cornucopia and wearing a plumed headdress with sun disc and horns above a diadem securing the ringlet tresses, 6in (15cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
The Cyrus Collection. Property of Fay Safani, New York.
Inherited from Edward Safani, acquired in the 1950s.

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