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A Roman marble torso of a youth image 1
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A Roman marble torso of a youth

1 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman marble torso of a youth
Probably circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Probably Dionysus or Apollo, the youthful nude figure standing with weight resting on his right leg, the left leg raised, his slender athletic torso bending forwards with the left arm resting on the left knee, with tendrils of wavy hair falling onto the shoulders, 16cm high

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Provenance:
with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1975 (Kokusai Bijutsu: Third International Art Exhibition, no. 99).

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