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A Roman terracotta figure of a reclining nude female and a Roman terracotta Venus 2 image 1
A Roman terracotta figure of a reclining nude female and a Roman terracotta Venus 2 image 2
Lot 131*

A Roman terracotta figure of a reclining nude female and a Roman terracotta Venus
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman terracotta figure of a reclining nude female and a Roman terracotta Venus
Circa 2nd Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D.
The nude female reclining on a cushion under her left elbow, wearing bracelets, with remains of black and red slip; the Venus standing with her weight on her right leg, the left bent at the knee, semi-draped in a mantle, grasped in her right hand, her left arm outstretched, wearing armlet and bracelets, both figures with traces of white slip, 11.3cm and 26cm high respectively (2)

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 3 October 2000, lots 161 and 169.
Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale.

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