ROMAN FIGURE OF CUPID RHINE VALLEY, GERMANY, C. 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D. cast bronze, of rotund build, with full features and elaborate coiffure, shown with the weight placed on the right leg, the torso slightly turned, the left arm raised, the right holding a burning torch down to the side, winged and raised on a bespoke mount (9.9cm tall) Footnote: Provenance: Uncovered during the excavation of volcanic pumice stone in a quarry at Nickenich in the Rhine Valley, Germany, during the 1950's Acquired in 1960 by a German private collector and thence by descent Finch & Co, London, Catalogue 20, May 19th 2016