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Property from a Swiss Private Collection

AN ITALIC BRONZE FIGURE OF A WARRIOR, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

Auction Closed

December 3, 05:06 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from a Swiss Private Collection

AN ITALIC BRONZE FIGURE OF A WARRIOR, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.


standing on tenons with the weight on his right leg, holding a shield in his left hand and a fragmentary weapon in his right hand, and wearing greaves, short tunic, corslet, and helmet with cheek-guards, the crest engraved with zigzag and linear decoration.

Height with tenons 10 cm.

Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), Lugano, acquired in the 1950s/1960s

by descent to the present owner

The present lot appears as no. 18 in the 25 January 1982 Lausanne inventory of the Leo Biaggi de Blasys collection of antiquities.