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Bronze torchbearer from the Cabinet des Médailles

Small bronze torchbearer statuette in Oriental dress from the Cabinet des Médailles, with restored feet and a missing torch-bearing arm.
 
The New Mithraeum
29 May 2026
Small bronze statue (H. 0.10). Paris, Cabinet des Médailles.Babelon-Blanchet, Cat. Bronzes, 284 No. 664 and fig.; MMM II 408 No. 286bis. See fig. 664.Standing torchbearer in Oriental dress holding his l.h. in his side. The r.h. with torch got lost. The feet are restored.

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