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LOT 0958
Roman Bronze Dish with Rim
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (38 grams, 10 cm).
Discoid with shallow recess and turned rim; old French collection sticker No.366'.
ProvenanceEx Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819?-1899), France.
Private collection, acquired on the French art market in 2009.
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