A Roman bronze figure of Apollo, the naked god standing with weight on right leg, wearing a quiver across his back, his right hand held out, his hair dressed in a chignon, with a lock falling onto his shoulder, mounted -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high, circa 1st Century A.D.; and a Graeco-Roman bronze figure of a herm, with bearded male bust above a column with male genitalia, mounted -- 3in. (7.5cm.) high, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. (2)

A Roman bronze figure of Apollo, the naked god standing with weight on right leg, wearing a quiver across his back, his right hand held out, his hair dressed in a chignon, with a lock falling onto his shoulder, mounted -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high, circa 1st Century A.D.; and a Graeco-Roman bronze figure of a herm, with bearded male bust above a column with male genitalia, mounted -- 3in. (7.5cm.) high, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. (2)

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A Roman bronze figure of Apollo, the naked god standing with weight on right leg, wearing a quiver across his back, his right hand held out, his hair dressed in a chignon, with a lock falling onto his shoulder, mounted -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high, circa 1st Century A.D.; and a Graeco-Roman bronze figure of a herm, with bearded male bust above a column with male genitalia, mounted -- 3in. (7.5cm.) high, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. (2)

Lot Essay

Item one: sold Christie's, London, 2 December 1969, lot 74

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