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LOT 0824
Roman Bronze Eagle Statuette
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (132 grams, 51 mm).
Modelled in the round standing on a rectangular base, with head slightly turned, detailed plumage. [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. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.215, for type.
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