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LOT 0962
Roman Bronze Crocodile Statuette
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (28.2 grams, 61 mm).
Modelled in the round with its head raised, scale detailing on the body.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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