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LOT 0911
Large Roman Bronze Triple Phallic Pendant
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (55 grams, 73 mm).
Comprising male genitals flanked by an erect phallus and a hand in the fica gesture. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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.
Literature
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 430.
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