Antiquities
Lot 3453 SESSION 12 (11.30AM THURSDAY 21ST NOV) Antiquities
Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $440
ETRUSCAN, c.3rd century B.C., bronze statuette of a priest, the Etrurian figure is depicted wearing a himation and holding a patera and pyxis, on his head he wears a diadem, usually referred to as a radiate stephane and interpreted as a wreath of ivy leaves or berries, the robes are styled with linear curves, 95mm high, on custom wooden stand. Attractive earthen toning, very fine and rare.
Ex Mark Marshan Collection and previously Sotheby's.
Certified by Professor Jean-Paul Descoeudres.
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