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LOT 0793
Roman Bronze Erotic Mount
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (9.14 grams, 35 mm).
Modelled in the round fragment depicting a couple embracing. [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.
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