Lot no. 890
ROMAN BRONZE FIGURINE HOLDING CORNUCOPIA
Ca. AD 200 - 300.
A bronze figurine of a standing male figure wearing a belted tunic and a pointed cap. The left arm is bent at the elbow and holds a large cornucopia. Facial features are rendered schematically, with recessed eyes and a broad nose. The figure stands with legs apart, and the feet are solidly planted.
For similar see: J . E. Bonnet, Les bronzes antiques de Paris, Musee carnevalet, 1989, Cat. 27, p.95
Size: 70mm x 20mm; Weight: 60g
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.
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