RARE ROMAN BRONZE FIGURINE OF A MUSICIAN PLAYING A FLUTE

Ca. AD 100 - 300. A cast bronze figurine of a musician with the left leg extended and the right leg drawn back. The nude figure leans slightly forward, with both arms bent and the hands raised before the chest as if playing a flute. His head is turned slightly to the side, with short hair framing the face. For similar see: Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Firenze, Blog, Aulos, fig. 8-9. Size: 210mm x 100mm; Weight: 1.1kg Provenance: From a private UK collection; earlier purchased on the London art market in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmatio

Estimate:£10,000

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