A ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF A BOY PLAYING KNUCKLEBONES, seated with legs stretched before him, naked save for a cloak which falls over his left shoulder, holding a knucklebone in his right hand, another on the ground before him, on integral rectangular base, head and left hand missing, repaired with some later restoration, circa 2nd Century A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF A BOY PLAYING KNUCKLEBONES, seated with legs stretched before him, naked save for a cloak which falls over his left shoulder, holding a knucklebone in his right hand, another on the ground before him, on integral rectangular base, head and left hand missing, repaired with some later restoration, circa 2nd Century A.D.
20¾in. (52.5cm.) high, base 22 x 12¼in. (56 x 31.2cm.)
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the Marquess of Linlithgow, Hopetoun House, West Lothian

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