Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

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Property from a Private Collection

A Bronze Figure of a Priest, Umbro-Etruscan, circa 4th century B.C.

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Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of highly elongated and flattened form, standing with his left hand at his waist, his right raised to his chest and wearing a long cloak with grey folds, with striated hair surmounted by a diadem with engraved zigzag and stippled decoration. 

Height 12 inches (30.5 cm.) 

J.J. Klejman, New York

Robin Symes, London

Sotheby's, New York, June 10th-11th, 1983, no. 84, illus.

Sotheby’s, London, December 8th-9th 1986, no. 336, illus.

acquired by the current owner at the above sale

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