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LOT 0676

Roman Bronze Animal Mount Group

3RD CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 - 3 in. (160 grams total, 54-74 mm).

Comprising: a sinuous serpent with lattice detailing; a duck with tab-handle to the underside; a goose with head thrown back, pellet in the beak. [3, 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0676

Roman Bronze Animal Mount Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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