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Show ANCIENT STATUE IS PURCHASED IN -PARIS NEW YORK, Aug. 4. The Metropolitan Metropoli-tan Museum of Art hthi purchased In Paris, according to an announcement made yesterday, a piece Of statuary believed be-lieved to be more than 1600 years old. The work Is a. bronze Image ' of Calus Verblus Trebonlanus Gallus, one of the emperors of Rome, and was dug up near San Gqvlannl Laterano about fifty years ago by Prince Demldoff. the Russian archaeologist, who was then making excavations ex-cavations with the' . permission of Pope' Plus IX. The bronze when found was in an 'excellent state oX preservation. - ( '. . f |