1st century BC-1st century AD. A carved marble left hand from a togatus statue, the fingers enclosed in the folds of a toga or palla, thumb exposed; socket to the reverse. Cf. statue of a togatus with sockets for separate hands in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession number 04.15. 1.7 kg, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). From an important English collection, since the 1980s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10784-177438. [A video of this lot can be viewed on the Timeline Auctions website]