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LOT 0877
Roman Bronze Dove Finial
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (28 grams total, 43 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round perching with wings folded to the back; mounted on a custom-made stand. [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
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 276, for type.
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