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THE PROPERTY OF THE MORVEN COLLECTION
A ROMAN BRONZE INFANT
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE INFANT
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Perhaps from a group, the fleshy babe seated with his right leg flexed, the heel at the ground, the toes lifted, the left leg bent before him, leaning back on his straightened left arm, his right arm raised, reaching upward with the palm out, his face with a double chin, puffed cheeks and lidded eyes, his curly hair with a peaked lock at the center of his forehead
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Perhaps from a group, the fleshy babe seated with his right leg flexed, the heel at the ground, the toes lifted, the left leg bent before him, leaning back on his straightened left arm, his right arm raised, reaching upward with the palm out, his face with a double chin, puffed cheeks and lidded eyes, his curly hair with a peaked lock at the center of his forehead
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 2, no. 35).