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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A SLEEPING BOY

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A SLEEPING BOY
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Kneeling on his right leg with his head and arms resting on his drawn-up left leg, his head resting to one side, mounted
1½ in. (4 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974).
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Lot Essay

Cf. M. B. Comstock and C. C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971, p. 80, no 84 for similar; and V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus; the Cesnola Collection, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, 2000, p. 274, nos. 442-443 for terracotta examples.

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