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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.
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