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LOT 1300
Celtic Bronze Deer Statuette
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (15.7 grams, 37 mm).
Modelled in the round, stylized features with tall neck and short legs, fixing hole to the centre.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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