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LOT 0765
Eastern Roman Bronze Bird Statuette
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (27.5 grams, 54 mm).
Modelled as a stylised bird standing on a globe atop an openwork pillar, the bird with wide tail and bulbous eyes.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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