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LOT 0326
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ROMANO-BRITISH CELTIC BRONZE STANDING BOAR STATUETTE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (155 grams total, 78 mm high including stand).
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (155 grams total, 78 mm high including stand).
Modelled in static pose with bristles forming a dorsal ridge, fur texture to the cheeks and flanks; slot to the underside; mounted on a custom-made stand.
PROVENANCE:
Found Southern Britain.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Cambridgeshire lady.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Boucher, S. & Tassinari, S., Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romaine a Lyon: Bronzes Antiques I. Inscriptions, Statuaire, Vaisselle, Lyon, 1976, item 19, for type.
