Two-faced and treble-estimate

All eyes were on this 3ft 3in (99cm) high Roman marble double bust of Bacchus and his lover Ariadne at Bonhams Antiquities sale on May 1.

It was originally discovered in Palestine, probably in the 1930s, at the site of Beth Shan on the Se…

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