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LOT 0808
Roman Bronze Bird Brooch
1ST CENTURY B.C.-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (8.09 grams, 44 mm).
Plate brooch formed as a bird with wings spread; pointillé detailing to the tail; catch, lug and part of spring to underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
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