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LOT 1562
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Fish Statuette
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (110 grams total, 61 mm wide including stand).
Modelled in the round with dorsal and lateral fins; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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