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LOT 0713
Roman Bronze Animal Statuette Group
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 3/8 in. (60.5 grams total, 29- 35 mm).
Mixed group comprising: three-headed dog, Cerberus, on an ellipsoid base; mouse holding an item of food to its mouth; baying hound with head raised. [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.
Literature
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.294, for mouse.
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