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A Roman bronze cista foot in the form of a siren
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A Roman bronze cista foot in the form of a siren
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The upper body in the form of a winged siren with incised feathers, wearing a diadem in her wavy hair, arranged in long ringlets, emerging out of a calyx surmounting a lion's leg and paw, 8.3cm high
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The upper body in the form of a winged siren with incised feathers, wearing a diadem in her wavy hair, arranged in long ringlets, emerging out of a calyx surmounting a lion's leg and paw, 8.3cm high
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Provenance:
Christie's, New York, 16 June 2006, lot 255.
European private collection, acquired in around 1988.
























