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LOT 0934

Roman Bronze Boar Statuette

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (18.5 grams, 51 mm).

Modelled in the round figure of a barrow (young boar) with serrated line of bristles along the dorsal ridge. [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 0934

Roman Bronze Boar Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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