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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.
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