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THE PROPERTY OF A COLORADO PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF MINERVA
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF MINERVA
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Likely used as a weight, depicted emerging from two ribbons with voluted ends, her hair center-parted with three tendrils falling onto her shoulders, wearing a mantle pinned at her left shoulder over a short tunic, and a necklace with an oval pendant, her high-crested helmet with volutes on either side, the crest used as a suspension loop; filled with lead
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) high
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Likely used as a weight, depicted emerging from two ribbons with voluted ends, her hair center-parted with three tendrils falling onto her shoulders, wearing a mantle pinned at her left shoulder over a short tunic, and a necklace with an oval pendant, her high-crested helmet with volutes on either side, the crest used as a suspension loop; filled with lead
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 29 November 1989, lot 88.
A New York Collector; Christie's, New York, 11 June 2003, lot 193.
A New York Collector; Christie's, New York, 11 June 2003, lot 193.
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