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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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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