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LOT 0822
Roman Bronze Boar Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (11.2 grams, 31 mm).
Modelled in the round with catch beneath the foreleg, hole for hinged pin beneath the hindleg. [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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