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LOT 0933

Roman Bronze Double Phallic Pendant

1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (21 grams, 48 mm).

Formed as addorsed phallus and hand in the fica gesture, with suspension loop above. [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.

Literature

See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 435, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0933

Roman Bronze Double Phallic Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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