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LOT 0851
Roman Bronze Eagle Statuette
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (56.9 grams total, 61 mm high including stand).
With wings spread and head turned to the left; feather detailing to the body, neck and wings; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. Kirk, J.R., Bronzes from Woodeaton, Oxon in Oxoniensia, 1949, pp.1-45; Mitten, D.G., Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Mainz, 1967, p.278, fig.271.
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