Iberian Bronze Statuette. 6th-4th century B.C. Youthful male standing wearing a belted tunic with apron, arms spread wide, barefoot, bare-headed with short textured hair; mounted on a custom-made base. Cf. similar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.19.192.49. 215 grams total, 11.8 cm high including stand (4 5/8 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

Private collection, Paris, France, assembled in the 1950s-1960s. with Tessier-Sarrou & Associés, Paris, 2015. European private collection. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00107108. Accompanied by a copy of French cultural export passport no.167803. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12650-264612. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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