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Lot 142*

A Roman marble male torso

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,062.50 inc. premium

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A Roman marble male torso
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Probably Hercules, depicted nude, originally standing with his weight on his right leg, the left relaxed, his left arm bent at the elbow and draped with a mantle, the musculature well-defined with modelled pectorals, iliac crests and rounded buttocks, 11.5cm high

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Provenance:
Elsa Bloch-Diener (1922-2012) collection, Bern, acquired between 1968 and 1983.
Collection of Elsa Bloch-Diener: Antic Art and Pre Columbian Art; Stuker, Bern, 30 May 2018, lot 691.
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired at the above.

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