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Lot 152*

A Roman marble relief fragment

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman marble relief fragment
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Depicting a Nereid, drapery around her lower body, facing the back, riding on the back of a sea monster, with the torso of a nude male and the front legs of a horse, with Eros and two dolphins emerging from the waves beneath, 21cm x 27cm

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Provenance:
The Charlton Heston (4 October 1923 - 5 April 2008) Collection, Los Angeles, California, acquired by Mr and Mrs Heston in the late 1950s or early 1960s.

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