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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF CUPID
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The divine child wearing a torque-like necklace with vine leaves attached, his small wings upraised, his head turned to his right, his long hair with curls framing the face, a top-knot and a single plait arranged over the crown of his head, with perforations below the wings for attachment
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The divine child wearing a torque-like necklace with vine leaves attached, his small wings upraised, his head turned to his right, his long hair with curls framing the face, a top-knot and a single plait arranged over the crown of his head, with perforations below the wings for attachment
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 May 1988, lot 325.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 88-67.